Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Consumption and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 2.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3), which rose 2.00% or 0.41 points to trade at 20.88 at the close. Cyrela Brazil Realty SA (SA:CYRE3) added 1.69% or 0.25 points to end at 15.00 and Hypermarcas SA (SA:HYPE3) was up 1.52% or 0.48 points to 32.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA Pref (SA:GOLL4), which lost 7.12% or 1.41 points to trade at 18.40 in late trade. Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3) declined 5.43% or 0.34 points to end at 5.92 and Petroleo Brasileiro SA PN (SA:PETR4) shed 5.37% or 1.33 points to 23.44.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 316 to 121 and 26 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 6.19% to 37.03.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.26% or 3.20 to $1249.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.44% or 1.81 to hit $50.80 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract rose 1.10% or 1.15 to trade at $105.25 .
USD/BRL was up 0.27% to 3.9177, while EUR/BRL fell 0.06% to 4.4478.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.73% at 97.183.