Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Companhia Brasileira deDistribuicao (SA:PCAR4), which rose 5.01% or 2.51 points to trade at 52.56 at the close. Meanwhile, EcoRodovias SA (SA:ECOR3) added 3.59% or 0.26 points to end at 7.50 and CCR SA (SA:CCRO3) was up 2.00% or 0.29 points to 14.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gerdau SA (SA:GGBR4), which fell 5.23% or 0.71 points to trade at 12.87 at the close. Metalurgica Gerdau SA (SA:GOAU4) declined 4.97% or 0.29 points to end at 5.54 and Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) was down 4.54% or 0.62 points to 13.04.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange by 176 to 151 and 30 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 0.27% to 37.63.
Gold for February delivery was down 1.04% or 12.25 to $1160.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.32% or 0.67 to hit $51.51 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 1.55% or 2.19 to trade at $139.38 .
USD/BRL was up 0.10% to 3.3786, while EUR/BRL fell 0.53% to 3.5650.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 101.63.