Brazil shares lower at close of trade; Bovespa down 0.13%

Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials , Real Estate and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 0.13%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Log Commercial Properties e Participacoes SA (SA: LOGG3 ), which rose 12.46% or 2.18 points to trade at 19.67 at the close. Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA Pref (SA: GOLL4 ) added 6.88% or 1.60 points to end at 24.85 and Hypermarcas SA (SA: HYPE3 ) was up 6.73% or 2.08 points to 32.98 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Cielo SA (SA: CIEL3 ), which lost 3.43% or 0.38 points to trade at 10.71 in late trade. B2W Cia Digital (SA: BTOW3 ) declined 3.05% or 1.42 points to end at 45.08 and Cvc Brasil ON (SA: CVCB3 ) shed 2.18% or 1.31 points to 58.69.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 243 to 219 and 34 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.66% to 30.76 a new 6-month low.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.02% or 0.30 to $1287.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.58% or 0.83 to hit $51.76 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 0.34% or 0.35 to trade at $103.90 .

USD/BRL was up 0.03% to 3.7115, while EUR/BRL fell 0.28% to 4.2545.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 95.280.