Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Financials and Electric Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 1.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5), which rose 11.96% or 5.69 points to trade at 53.25 at the close. CPFL Energia SA (SA:CPFE3) added 0.26% or 0.07 points to end at 27.51 and Ambev SA (SA:ABEV3) was up 0.24% or 0.05 points to 20.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA (SA:MRVE3), which lost 5.85% or 0.80 points to trade at 12.87 in late trade. Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) declined 5.63% or 0.51 points to end at 8.55 and Metalurgica Gerdau SA (SA:GOAU4) shed 5.09% or 0.28 points to 5.22.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 280 to 136 and 24 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 11.06% to 35.04 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.41% or 5.21 to $1277.01 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.41% or 0.22 to hit $54.12 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 0.62% or 0.78 to trade at $125.80 .
USD/BRL was down 0.00% to 3.2889, while EUR/BRL fell 0.04% to 3.8319.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 94.38.