Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumption sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 1.20%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3), which rose 4.95% or 0.87 points to trade at 18.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Multiplan SA (SA:MULT3) added 2.65% or 1.50 points to end at 58.05 and Klabin Unt (SA:KLBN11) was up 1.82% or 0.31 points to 17.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3), which fell 4.48% or 0.76 points to trade at 16.20 at the close. Vale SA (SA:VALE5) declined 3.99% or 1.11 points to end at 26.73 and Cyrela Brazil Realty SA (SA:CYRE3) was down 3.54% or 0.35 points to 9.54.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange by 188 to 159 and 36 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 0.94% to 37.43.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.43% or 5.10 to $1172.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.07% or 1.03 to hit $50.80 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 0.39% or 0.55 to trade at $141.57 .
USD/BRL was down 0.26% to 3.3740, while EUR/BRL fell 1.50% to 3.5827.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.83% at 101.11.