Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumption sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were ALL America Latina Logistica SA (SA:RUMO3), which rose 2.58% or 0.16 points to trade at 6.35 at the close. Cia Paranaense de Energia (SA:CPLE6) added 1.47% or 0.42 points to end at 28.96 and Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3) was up 1.34% or 0.42 points to 31.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BRF SA (SA:BRFS3), which lost 4.76% or 2.31 points to trade at 46.22 in late trade. Smiles ON (SA:SMLE3) declined 4.43% or 2.08 points to end at 44.82 and Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3) shed 3.80% or 0.25 points to 6.33.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 185 to 141 and 35 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 1.56% to 34.51.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.72% or 8.45 to $1172.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $53.73 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 0.79% or 1.14 to trade at $142.68 .
USD/BRL was up 0.78% to 3.2238, while EUR/BRL rose 0.07% to 3.3955.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.76% at 102.16.