Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumption sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 1.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3), which rose 3.38% or 1.22 points to trade at 37.30 at the close. Smiles Fidelidade SA (SA:SMLS3) added 2.52% or 0.99 points to end at 40.35 and Hypermarcas SA (SA:HYPE3) was up 2.26% or 0.69 points to 31.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vale SA (SA:VALE3), which lost 6.83% or 3.69 points to trade at 50.35 in late trade. Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4) declined 5.72% or 1.89 points to end at 31.17 and Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5) shed 4.86% or 0.44 points to 8.62.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 255 to 176 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 1.58% to 37.82.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.37% or 4.60 to $1223.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 7.71% or 4.21 to hit $50.42 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 3.09% or 3.55 to trade at $111.35 .
USD/BRL was up 0.63% to 3.8285, while EUR/BRL fell 0.03% to 4.3376.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 96.847.