Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Public Utilities and Consumption sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11), which rose 10.79% or 1.48 points to trade at 15.20 at the close. RUMO Logistica Operadora Multimodal SA (SA:RAIL3) added 1.69% or 0.23 points to end at 13.84 and Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5) was up 1.28% or 0.77 points to 60.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3), which lost 5.19% or 0.28 points to trade at 5.12 in late trade. Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) declined 3.83% or 0.61 points to end at 15.31 and Localiza Rent a Car SA (SA:RENT3) shed 3.68% or 0.80 points to 20.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 256 to 194 and 35 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 4.26% to 55.02 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.34% or 4.10 to $1206.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.26% or 1.59 to hit $68.78 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 1.74% or 1.78 to trade at $100.60 .
USD/BRL was up 0.99% to 4.2023, while EUR/BRL rose 1.50% to 4.9125.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 94.54.