Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3), which rose 1.51% or 0.24 points to trade at 16.14 at the close. Meanwhile, Gerdau SA Pref (SA:GGBR4) added 1.26% or 0.14 points to end at 11.27 and BB Seguridade Participacoes SA (SA:BBSE3) was up 1.08% or 0.30 points to 28.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3), which fell 4.07% or 0.75 points to trade at 17.69 at the close. Banco do Brasil SA (SA:BBAS3) declined 3.87% or 1.24 points to end at 30.77 and WEG SA (SA:WEGE3) was down 3.31% or 0.79 points to 23.06.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 220 to 156 and 32 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 4.67% to 34.06.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.50% or 19.00 to $1247.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.25% or 0.70 to hit $56.66 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 2.43% or 3.06 to trade at $122.97 .
USD/BRL was up 1.69% to 3.2905, while EUR/BRL rose 1.53% to 3.8750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 93.75.