Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Financials and Electric Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were BR Malls Participacoes SA (SA:BRML3), which rose 4.35% or 0.49 points to trade at 11.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Lojas Americanas SA (SA:LAME4) added 3.67% or 0.65 points to end at 18.35 and IGUATEMI ON NM (SA:IGTA3) was up 3.18% or 1.23 points to 39.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gerdau SA Pref (SA:GGBR4), which fell 4.63% or 0.74 points to trade at 15.24 at the close. Metalurgica Gerdau SA (SA:GOAU4) declined 3.47% or 0.26 points to end at 7.23 and Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) was down 3.04% or 0.72 points to 22.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 214 to 201 and 34 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 9.51% to 31.21.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.56% or 7.40 to $1328.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.41% or 0.92 to hit $64.25 a barrel, while the May US coffee C contract rose 0.04% or 0.05 to trade at $118.97 .
USD/BRL was up 1.07% to 3.3080, while EUR/BRL rose 0.81% to 4.0720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 89.44.