Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Bovespa Electrical Energy and Consumption sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (BVMF:CSNA3), which rose 5.09% or 0.40 points to trade at 8.26 at the close. Cogna Educacao SA (BVMF:COGN3) added 3.79% or 0.05 points to end at 1.37 and Totvs SA (BVMF:TOTS3) was up 2.29% or 0.67 points to 29.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cvc Brasil ON (BVMF:CVCB3), which fell 2.73% or 0.05 points to trade at 1.78 in late trade. LWSA SA (BVMF:LWSA3) declined 2.73% or 0.09 points to end at 3.21 and Atacadao SA (BVMF:CRFB3) down 2.36% or 0.14 points to 5.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 475 to 453 and 64 ended unchanged on the B3 Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 4.30% to 28.63.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.46% or 12.69 to $2,777.69 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $74.58 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract rose 0.83% or 2.85 to trade at $346.80 .
USD/BRL was down 0.18% to 5.91, while EUR/BRL rose 0.50% to 6.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 107.27.