Brazil stocks lower at close of trade; Bovespa down 0.09%

Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate , Electric Power and Public Utilities sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.09%.

The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Ambev SA (BVMF:ABEV3 ), which rose 4.08% or 0.52 points to trade at 13.25 at the close. Meanwhile, SLC Agricola SA (BVMF:SLCE3 ) added 3.22% or 0.56 points to end at 17.97 and Minerva SA/Brazil (BVMF:BEEF3 ) was up 2.74% or 0.16 points to 6.01 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Azul SA Pref (BVMF:AZUL4 ), which fell 7.91% or 0.39 points to trade at 4.54 at the close. Raizen SA Preferred (BVMF:RAIZ4 ) declined 4.55% or 0.12 points to end at 2.52 and Lwsa SA (BVMF:LWSA3 ) was down 4.28% or 0.16 points to 3.58.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the B3 Stock Exchange by 531 to 474 and 45 ended unchanged.

Shares in Lwsa SA (BVMF:LWSA3 ) fell to 3-years lows; losing 4.28% or 0.16 to 3.58.

The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 5.72% to 33.82.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.77% or 20.70 to $2,660.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.25% or 0.17 to hit $68.17 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 7.17% or 22.80 to trade at $295.25 .

USD/BRL was up 1.43% to 6.06, while EUR/BRL rose 0.31% to 6.36.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 106.39.

Source: Investing.com