Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Public Utilities, Financials and Electric Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5), which rose 4.22% or 0.17 points to trade at 4.20 at the close. Gerdau SA Pref (SA:GGBR4) added 3.63% or 0.34 points to end at 9.70 and Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3) was up 3.43% or 0.52 points to 15.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3), which lost 4.92% or 0.62 points to trade at 11.99 in late trade. Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3) declined 3.57% or 1.26 points to end at 34.05 and Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6) shed 3.39% or 0.56 points to 15.94.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 184 to 158 and 42 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.20% to 29.95 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.66% or 8.21 to $1257.61 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.82% or 0.35 to hit $43.09 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract rose 5.46% or 6.38 to trade at $123.30 .
USD/BRL was down 0.03% to 3.3413, while EUR/BRL rose 0.36% to 3.7413.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 96.95.