Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Electric Power and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3), which rose 5.16% or 1.14 points to trade at 23.23 at the close. Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (SA:CSAN3) added 4.63% or 1.75 points to end at 39.55 and Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3) was up 3.21% or 0.60 points to 19.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ultrapar Participacoes SA (SA:UGPA3), which lost 3.48% or 2.19 points to trade at 60.81 in late trade. Klabin Unt (SA:KLBN11) declined 3.22% or 0.67 points to end at 20.14 and BR Malls Participacoes SA (SA:BRML3) shed 2.70% or 0.30 points to 10.82.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 255 to 176 and 31 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 0.22% to 27.64.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.68% or 9.00 to $1333.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.19% or 0.82 to hit $67.82 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 1.55% or 1.84 to trade at $120.42 .
USD/BRL was up 0.56% to 3.4714, while EUR/BRL rose 0.76% to 4.2464.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 90.55.