Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumption, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Companhia Brasileira deDistribuicao (SA:PCAR4), which rose 3.46% or 2.00 points to trade at 59.88 at the close. CCR SA (SA:CCRO3) added 3.03% or 0.49 points to end at 16.65 and Gerdau SA (SA:GGBR4) was up 2.36% or 0.24 points to 10.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ALL America Latina Logistica SA (SA:RUMO3), which lost 4.09% or 0.260 points to trade at 6.100 in late trade. JBS SA (SA:JBSS3) declined 3.60% or 0.34 points to end at 9.11 and Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5) shed 3.00% or 0.12 points to 3.88.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 175 to 161 and 34 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 2.15% to 38.92 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.14% or 1.80 to $1305.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.21% or 0.54 to hit $44.12 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 3.17% or 5.25 to trade at $170.93 .
USD/BRL was down 0.31% to 3.2325, while EUR/BRL fell 0.09% to 3.5979.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 96.99.