Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3), which rose 5.26% or 0.71 points to trade at 14.21 at the close. Meanwhile, Lojas Americanas SA (SA:LAME4) added 3.15% or 0.60 points to end at 19.64 and Magazine Luiza SA (SA:MGLU3) was up 3.05% or 2.96 points to 99.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hypermarcas SA (SA:HYPE3), which fell 5.60% or 1.88 points to trade at 31.72 at the close. MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA (SA:MRVE3) declined 2.28% or 0.34 points to end at 14.60 and Fleury SA (SA:FLRY3) was down 2.20% or 0.60 points to 26.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 238 to 211 and 30 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 3.33% to 27.58.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.94% or 12.60 to $1325.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.75% or 0.51 to hit $68.91 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 0.88% or 1.03 to trade at $118.58 .
USD/BRL was up 1.02% to 3.4483, while EUR/BRL rose 0.35% to 4.2095.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.69% at 90.70.