Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Real Estate and Electric Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 1.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Companhia Brasileira deDistribuicao (SA:PCAR4), which rose 3.28% or 2.27 points to trade at 71.44 at the close. Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) added 0.99% or 0.14 points to end at 14.24 and Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4) was up 0.86% or 0.29 points to 34.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BRF SA (SA:BRFS3), which lost 4.49% or 1.02 points to trade at 21.69 in late trade. Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3) declined 4.10% or 0.80 points to end at 18.70 and Cia Paranaense de Energia (SA:CPLE6) shed 3.08% or 0.81 points to 25.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 243 to 139 and 37 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 0.37% to 30.15.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.45% or 6.00 to $1347.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.31% or 0.21 to hit $67.28 a barrel, while the May US coffee C contract fell 0.37% or 0.44 to trade at $117.28 .
USD/BRL was up 0.29% to 3.4219, while EUR/BRL rose 0.35% to 4.2210.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 89.47.