Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Consumption and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 3.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3), which rose 1.28% or 0.24 points to trade at 18.99 at the close. EDP - Energias do Brasil SA (SA:ENBR3) added 0.96% or 0.13 points to end at 13.68 and Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (SA:CSAN3) was up 0.85% or 0.34 points to 40.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tim Participacoes SA (SA:TIMP3), which lost 6.36% or 0.91 points to trade at 13.40 in late trade. BRF SA (SA:BRFS3) declined 5.82% or 1.36 points to end at 22.00 and B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3) shed 6.16% or 1.76 points to 26.82.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 309 to 103 and 29 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 10.25% to 31.83.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.00 to $1290.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $71.55 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 0.59% or 0.69 to trade at $117.97 .
USD/BRL was up 0.42% to 3.6898, while EUR/BRL rose 0.33% to 4.3518.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.40.