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 fell 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3), which rose 4.45% or 0.55 points to trade at 12.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3) added 3.93% or 0.56 points to end at 14.80 and EcoRodovias SA (SA:ECOR3) was up 3.22% or 0.24 points to 7.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vale SA (SA:VALE5), which fell 5.18% or 1.19 points to trade at 21.78 at the close. Gerdau SA (SA:GGBR4) declined 4.27% or 0.46 points to end at 10.32 and Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4) was down 4.21% or 0.63 points to 14.32.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange by 205 to 162 and 35 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 0.99% to 34.95 a new 1-month low.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.24% or 2.75 to $1130.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.67% or 0.35 to hit $52.84 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 3.71% or 5.35 to trade at $138.90 .
USD/BRL was down 1.19% to 3.2877, while EUR/BRL fell 1.09% to 3.4307.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 103.08.