Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the declined 1.25%.
The best performers of the session on the were Magazine Luiza SA (BVMF:), which rose 6.85% or 0.74 points to trade at 11.54 at the close. Meanwhile, Ez Tec SA (BVMF:) added 5.75% or 0.75 points to end at 13.80 and Grupo Vamos SA (BVMF:) was up 5.55% or 0.47 points to 8.94 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Embraer SA (BVMF:), which fell 6.71% or 2.82 points to trade at 39.20 at the close. WEG SA (BVMF:) declined 5.49% or 2.90 points to end at 49.94 and Braskem SA (BVMF:) was down 4.30% or 0.74 points to 16.45.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the B3 Stock Exchange by 565 to 384 and 61 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 2.38% to 25.77.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.04% or 0.95 to $2,479.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.91% or 2.22 to hit $74.09 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract rose 1.21% or 2.75 to trade at $230.00 .
USD/BRL was down 0.45% to 5.72, while EUR/BRL rose 0.67% to 6.23.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.14% at 103.01.
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