Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Electric Power, Financials and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4), which rose 1.59% or 0.59 points to trade at 37.66 at the close. CCR SA (SA:CCRO3) added 0.71% or 0.06 points to end at 8.52 and Vale SA (SA:VALE3) was up 0.57% or 0.34 points to 60.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3), which lost 29.79% or 4.91 points to trade at 11.57 in late trade. Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11) declined 14.28% or 2.13 points to end at 12.79 and Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6) shed 5.05% or 0.94 points to 17.68.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 317 to 136 and 40 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 0.23% to 48.36.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.32% or 3.80 to $1192.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.24% or 2.37 to hit $75.62 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 0.24% or 0.25 to trade at $102.15 .
USD/BRL was down 0.49% to 4.0320, while EUR/BRL fell 0.71% to 4.6690.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 94.92.