Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumption and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 2.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Cvc Brasil ON (SA:CVCB3), which rose 0.53% or 0.30 points to trade at 56.80 at the close. Telefonica Brasil SA (SA:VIVT4) added 0.05% or 0.02 points to end at 43.83 and Klabin Unt (SA:KLBN11) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 18.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3), which lost 9.58% or 1.17 points to trade at 11.04 in late trade. Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3) declined 8.42% or 1.91 points to end at 20.78 and BRF SA (SA:BRFS3) shed 5.58% or 1.24 points to 21.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 269 to 136 and 34 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 1.70% to 39.38.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.16% or 2.00 to $1224.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.67% or 1.03 to hit $60.64 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 0.87% or 1.00 to trade at $116.60 .
USD/BRL was up 0.72% to 3.7579, while EUR/BRL rose 0.15% to 4.2694.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.71% at 96.49.