Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Consumption and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 1.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3), which rose 4.41% or 0.90 points to trade at 21.30 at the close. Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3) added 1.84% or 1.02 points to end at 56.43 and Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5) was up 0.85% or 0.10 points to 11.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11), which lost 4.16% or 1.16 points to trade at 26.72 in late trade. EcoRodovias SA (SA:ECOR3) declined 4.13% or 0.48 points to end at 11.15 and WEG SA (SA:WEGE3) shed 3.19% or 0.75 points to 22.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 281 to 142 and 32 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 9.62% to 31.12.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.96% or 12.90 to $1335.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.71% or 0.47 to hit $65.33 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 0.74% or 0.90 to trade at $120.38 .
USD/BRL was up 1.64% to 3.2187, while EUR/BRL rose 1.24% to 4.0112.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 88.97.