Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Real Estate and Consumption sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 1.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Gerdau SA Pref (SA:GGBR4), which rose 1.54% or 0.25 points to trade at 16.49 at the close. Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4) added 0.79% or 0.28 points to end at 35.70 and Vale SA (SA:VALE3) was up 0.78% or 0.38 points to 49.09 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ultrapar Participacoes SA (SA:UGPA3), which lost 10.16% or 6.11 points to trade at 54.01 in late trade. Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11) declined 7.22% or 2.10 points to end at 27.00 and Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3) shed 6.47% or 1.24 points to 17.94.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 309 to 89 and 33 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 1.44% to 28.81.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.52% or 6.80 to $1312.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.79% or 0.54 to hit $68.47 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 0.36% or 0.45 to trade at $124.28 .
USD/BRL was down 0.85% to 3.5230, while EUR/BRL fell 0.52% to 4.2240.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 92.29.