Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 1.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (SA:CSAN3), which rose 2.27% or 0.72 points to trade at 32.47 at the close. Raia Drogasil SA (SA:RADL3) added 2.06% or 1.230 points to end at 60.800 and BB Seguridade Participacoes SA (SA:BBSE3) was up 1.95% or 0.52 points to 27.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Petroleo Brasileiro SA (SA:PETR3), which lost 5.51% or 0.63 points to trade at 10.80 in late trade. Petroleo Brasileiro SA (SA:PETR4) declined 5.08% or 0.47 points to end at 8.78 and Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3) shed 4.78% or 1.17 points to 23.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 196 to 90 and 16 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 0.07% to 42.22.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.53% or 6.95 to $1329.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.97% or 0.94 to hit $46.70 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract fell 0.70% or 0.96 to trade at $136.02 .
USD/BRL was up 0.50% to 3.3909, while EUR/BRL fell 0.35% to 3.7376.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.98% at 96.57.