Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3), which rose 6.27% or 1.99 points to trade at 33.72 at the close. Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3) added 4.77% or 0.28 points to end at 6.15 and Natura Cosmeticos SA (SA:NATU3) was up 3.95% or 1.18 points to 31.08 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6), which lost 5.38% or 1.40 points to trade at 24.60 in late trade. Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3) declined 3.72% or 0.82 points to end at 21.20 and Raia Drogasil SA (SA:RADL3) shed 2.87% or 1.92 points to 65.09.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 255 to 208 and 40 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 2.01% to 39.08.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.43% or 5.30 to $1225.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.60% or 1.87 to hit $70.05 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 4.10% or 4.82 to trade at $122.35 .
USD/BRL was down 1.11% to 3.6839, while EUR/BRL fell 1.75% to 4.2362.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 95.34.