Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Real Estate and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 1.82%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Light SA (SA:LIGT3), which rose 3.78% or 0.68 points to trade at 18.68 at the close. Meanwhile, PDG Realty SA (SA:PDGR3) added 2.33% or 0.010 points to end at 0.440 and Cia Hering (SA:HGTX3) was up 1.90% or 0.25 points to 13.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA (SA:GOLL4), which fell 5.39% or 0.45 points to trade at 7.90 at the close. Vale SA (SA:VALE3) declined 4.89% or 1.04 points to end at 20.24 and Vale SA (SA:VALE5) was down 4.55% or 0.81 points to 16.98.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange by 181 to 94 and 8 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 1.98% to 29.41.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.04% or 0.50 to $1224.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.30% or 0.18 to hit $60.36 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 2.74% or 3.80 to trade at $142.62 .
USD/BRL was up 0.53% to 3.0126, while EUR/BRL fell 0.64% to 3.4085.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.00% at 94.22.