Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Industrials and Consumption sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3), which rose 5.42% or 1.26 points to trade at 24.49 at the close. Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3) added 3.63% or 1.37 points to end at 39.07 and Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6) was up 3.23% or 0.69 points to 22.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included WEG SA (SA:WEGE3), which lost 24.70% or 5.61 points to trade at 17.10 in late trade. Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5) declined 3.77% or 1.77 points to end at 45.23 and Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) shed 3.38% or 0.49 points to 14.01.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 246 to 215 and 32 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 9.41% to 30.24.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.65% or 8.60 to $1324.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.49% or 0.33 to hit $68.03 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract fell 1.20% or 1.45 to trade at $118.97 .
USD/BRL was up 0.37% to 3.4852, while EUR/BRL fell 0.11% to 4.2409.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 91.00.