Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumption and Electric Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3), which rose 3.87% or 0.98 points to trade at 26.28 at the close. Gerdau SA Pref (SA:GGBR4) added 3.23% or 0.37 points to end at 11.82 and Smiles ON (SA:SMLE3) was up 2.34% or 1.56 points to 68.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3), which lost 4.41% or 1.60 points to trade at 34.70 in late trade. Petroleo Brasileiro SA (SA:PETR3) declined 2.94% or 0.42 points to end at 13.88 and Petroleo Brasileiro SA PN (SA:PETR4) shed 2.89% or 0.40 points to 13.45.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 195 to 180 and 34 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 1.30% to 25.71.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.43% or 5.73 to $1313.17 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.99% or 0.46 to hit $45.98 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 0.22% or 0.28 to trade at $128.57 .
USD/BRL was down 0.19% to 3.1585, while EUR/BRL fell 0.92% to 3.7536.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 92.88.