Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumption and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 3.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were ALL America Latina Logistica SA (SA:RUMO3), which rose 3.75% or 0.13 points to trade at 3.60 at the close. Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3) added 2.35% or 0.72 points to end at 31.32 and EDP - Energias do Brasil SA (SA:ENBR3) was down 0.64% or 0.08 points to 12.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Petroleo Brasileiro SA (SA:PETR4), which lost 9.33% or 0.78 points to trade at 7.58 in late trade. Petroleo Brasileiro SA (SA:PETR3) declined 8.83% or 0.93 points to end at 9.60 and Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5) shed 7.94% or 1.92 points to 22.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 251 to 75 and 15 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 8.70% to 55.37 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.49% or 6.00 to $1217.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 3.37% or 1.24 to hit $35.55 a barrel, while the May US coffee C contract fell 3.25% or 4.12 to trade at $122.53 .
USD/BRL was up 1.97% to 3.6210, while EUR/BRL rose 2.06% to 4.1283.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 94.55.