Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumption, Real Estate and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were WEG SA (SA:WEGE3), which rose 2.72% or 0.49 points to trade at 18.49 at the close. Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3) added 2.11% or 1.04 points to end at 50.27 and Klabin Unt (SA:KLBN11) was up 0.97% or 0.21 points to 21.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3), which lost 3.88% or 0.24 points to trade at 5.95 in late trade. Raia Drogasil SA (SA:RADL3) declined 4.02% or 3.23 points to end at 77.11 and CCR SA (SA:CCRO3) shed 3.14% or 0.30 points to 9.26.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 251 to 216 and 34 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 2.56% to 46.13 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.74% or 9.00 to $1207.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.38% or 0.26 to hit $68.61 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 2.32% or 2.45 to trade at $103.17 .
USD/BRL was up 1.45% to 4.1382, while EUR/BRL rose 1.58% to 4.8387.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 94.64.