Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Electric Power and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3), which rose 6.19% or 0.70 points to trade at 12.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Hypermarcas SA (SA:HYPE3) added 4.24% or 1.18 points to end at 29.00 and Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) was up 3.92% or 0.75 points to 19.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4), which fell 4.60% or 1.39 points to trade at 28.80 at the close. Vale SA (SA:VALE3) declined 4.16% or 2.14 points to end at 49.31 and Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA Pref (SA:GOLL4) was down 2.42% or 0.32 points to 12.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 211 to 209 and 32 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 4.78% to 33.31.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.41% or 5.00 to $1222.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.46% or 0.31 to hit $68.06 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract rose 0.46% or 0.50 to trade at $108.58 .
USD/BRL was down 0.38% to 3.8350, while EUR/BRL fell 0.35% to 4.4668.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 94.95.