Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3), which rose 5.78% or 1.81 points to trade at 33.13 at the close. Meanwhile, Magazine Luiza SA (SA:MGLU3) added 4.88% or 7.14 points to end at 153.54 and Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) was up 2.83% or 0.39 points to 14.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gerdau SA Pref (SA:GGBR4), which fell 4.03% or 0.65 points to trade at 15.47 at the close. Metalurgica Gerdau SA (SA:GOAU4) declined 3.27% or 0.26 points to end at 7.70 and Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5) was down 3.19% or 0.32 points to 9.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 238 to 206 and 46 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 4.95% to 41.10.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 4.30 to $1202.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.83% or 1.10 to hit $59.09 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 3.43% or 3.90 to trade at $109.95 .
USD/BRL was up 0.93% to 3.7683, while EUR/BRL rose 0.09% to 4.2359.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.67% at 97.38.