Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 1.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6), which rose 2.81% or 0.70 points to trade at 25.57 at the close. Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3) added 2.75% or 0.58 points to end at 21.64 and Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11) was up 1.65% or 0.41 points to 25.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3), which lost 4.88% or 1.02 points to trade at 19.88 in late trade. Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3) declined 4.25% or 1.08 points to end at 24.32 and Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5) shed 4.00% or 1.94 points to 46.54.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 287 to 146 and 36 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 1.81% to 38.77.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.40% or 5.20 to $1319.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.88% or 1.16 to hit $60.63 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 0.28% or 0.34 to trade at $122.88 .
USD/BRL was up 0.45% to 3.2861, while EUR/BRL rose 0.39% to 4.0280.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 90.16.