Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Financials and Consumption sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Natura Cosmeticos SA (SA:NATU3), which rose 14.65% or 4.60 points to trade at 36.00 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP - Energias do Brasil SA (SA:ENBR3) added 15.56% or 2.10 points to end at 15.60 and B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3) was up 7.96% or 2.24 points to 30.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3), which fell 16.65% or 2.19 points to trade at 10.96 at the close. Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3) declined 10.65% or 3.30 points to end at 27.70 and Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado (SA:SBSP3) was down 6.02% or 1.85 points to 28.88.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 227 to 225 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) fell to 52-week lows; down 16.65% or 2.19 to 10.96.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 2.41% to 27.25.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.21% or 2.80 to $1319.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.09% or 0.78 to hit $70.58 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract fell 0.25% or 0.30 to trade at $119.28 .
USD/BRL was up 1.41% to 3.5997, while EUR/BRL rose 1.65% to 4.2995.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 92.41.