Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Public Utilities, Financials and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 2.78%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5), which rose 4.11% or 2.02 points to trade at 51.22 at the close. Meanwhile, JBS SA (SA:JBSS3) added 2.31% or 0.21 points to end at 9.32 and Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3) was up 1.60% or 0.69 points to 43.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3), which fell 8.30% or 1.12 points to trade at 12.38 at the close. B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3) declined 7.74% or 2.15 points to end at 25.64 and Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6) was down 7.07% or 1.12 points to 14.72.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 265 to 145 and 27 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 4.57% to 36.13.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.38% or 4.90 to $1269.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.15% or 0.10 to hit $65.81 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract fell 0.48% or 0.56 to trade at $116.22 .
USD/BRL was down 0.26% to 3.7625, while EUR/BRL rose 0.04% to 4.3684.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 94.51.