Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Public Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 1.24% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Smiles Fidelidade SA (SA:SMLS3), which rose 7.25% or 3.33 points to trade at 49.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) added 6.72% or 0.68 points to end at 10.80 and RUMO Logistica Operadora Multimodal SA (SA:RAIL3) was up 6.56% or 0.84 points to 13.64 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3), which fell 10.03% or 4.96 points to trade at 44.49 at the close. BRF SA (SA:BRFS3) declined 7.49% or 1.74 points to end at 21.50 and Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4) was down 6.78% or 2.21 points to 30.38.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 257 to 177 and 34 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 9.84% to 35.11.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1303.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.50% or 0.33 to hit $65.62 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 1.08% or 1.25 to trade at $117.33 .
USD/BRL was down 5.28% to 3.7014, while EUR/BRL fell 5.47% to 4.3582.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.54.