Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumption, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 1.05% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5), which rose 1.06% or 0.09 points to trade at 8.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Cyrela Brazil Realty SA (SA:CYRE3) added 1.00% or 0.12 points to end at 12.10 and TAESA UNT N2 (SA:TAEE11) was up 0.64% or 0.13 points to 20.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RUMO Logistica Operadora Multimodal SA (SA:RAIL3), which fell 6.22% or 0.76 points to trade at 11.45 at the close. Ultrapar Participacoes SA (SA:UGPA3) declined 5.40% or 4.00 points to end at 70.05 and BRF SA (SA:BRFS3) was down 4.60% or 1.98 points to 41.02.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 248 to 129 and 32 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 1.66% to 33.71.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.87% or 11.21 to $1276.29 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.58% or 0.33 to hit $56.84 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 0.99% or 1.25 to trade at $127.47 .
USD/BRL was up 0.83% to 3.2788, while EUR/BRL rose 1.07% to 3.8259.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 94.27.