Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Real Estate and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 2.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Smiles Fidelidade SA (SA:SMLS3), which rose 5.16% or 1.78 points to trade at 36.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5) added 3.58% or 1.85 points to end at 53.50 and Raia Drogasil SA (SA:RADL3) was up 1.71% or 1.11 points to 66.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vale SA (SA:VALE3), which fell 3.91% or 2.30 points to trade at 56.50 at the close. Metalurgica Gerdau SA (SA:GOAU4) declined 3.96% or 0.31 points to end at 7.51 and Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11) was down 3.88% or 0.54 points to 13.37.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 268 to 190 and 37 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 5.78% to 41.34.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.14% or 1.70 to $1229.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.52% or 1.06 to hit $68.69 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 0.25% or 0.30 to trade at $122.05 .
USD/BRL was up 0.87% to 3.7201, while EUR/BRL rose 0.49% to 4.2622.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 95.69.