Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Financials and Consumption sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3), which rose 4.01% or 1.38 points to trade at 35.78 at the close. Klabin Unt (SA:KLBN11) added 2.88% or 0.60 points to end at 21.45 and Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6) was up 3.36% or 0.81 points to 24.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included RUMO Logistica Operadora Multimodal SA (SA:RAIL3), which lost 3.04% or 0.39 points to trade at 12.44 in late trade. IGUATEMI ON NM (SA:IGTA3) declined 2.91% or 1.12 points to end at 37.32 and Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11) shed 2.94% or 0.88 points to 29.05.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 215 to 177 and 29 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 1.62% to 33.96 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1336.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $63.55 a barrel, while the May US coffee C contract rose 0.21% or 0.25 to trade at $116.92 .
USD/BRL was down 0.11% to 3.3380, while EUR/BRL fell 0.05% to 4.0987.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 89.80.