Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Consumption and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 3.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3), which rose 1.28% or 0.24 points to trade at 18.99 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP - Energias do Brasil SA (SA:ENBR3) added 0.96% or 0.13 points to end at 13.68 and Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (SA:CSAN3) was up 0.85% or 0.34 points to 40.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tim Participacoes SA (SA:TIMP3), which fell 6.36% or 0.91 points to trade at 13.40 at the close. BRF SA (SA:BRFS3) declined 5.82% or 1.36 points to end at 22.00 and B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3) was down 6.16% or 1.76 points to 26.82.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 309 to 103 and 29 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 10.25% to 31.83.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.00 to $1290.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $71.55 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 0.59% or 0.69 to trade at $117.97 .
USD/BRL was up 0.42% to 3.6898, while EUR/BRL rose 0.33% to 4.3518.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.40.