Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumption sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3), which rose 4.45% or 0.55 points to trade at 12.90 at the close. Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3) added 3.93% or 0.56 points to end at 14.80 and EcoRodovias SA (SA:ECOR3) was up 3.22% or 0.24 points to 7.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vale SA (SA:VALE5), which lost 5.18% or 1.19 points to trade at 21.78 in late trade. Gerdau SA (SA:GGBR4) declined 4.27% or 0.46 points to end at 10.32 and Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4) shed 4.21% or 0.63 points to 14.32.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 205 to 162 and 35 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 0.93% to 34.97 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.24% or 2.75 to $1130.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.67% or 0.35 to hit $52.84 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 3.71% or 5.35 to trade at $138.90 .
USD/BRL was down 1.19% to 3.2877, while EUR/BRL fell 1.09% to 3.4307.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 103.08.