Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Electric Power and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA (SA:MRVE3), which rose 3.56% or 0.45 points to trade at 13.10 at the close. Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3) added 2.90% or 0.65 points to end at 23.03 and Vale SA (SA:VALE3) was up 2.24% or 0.72 points to 32.82 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6), which lost 6.08% or 1.54 points to trade at 23.80 in late trade. Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3) declined 5.90% or 1.30 points to end at 20.75 and CEMIG - Companhia Energetica Minas Gerais Pref (SA:CMIG4) shed 4.14% or 0.32 points to 7.41.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 217 to 187 and 19 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.09% to 32.04.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.40% or 5.10 to $1275.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.18% or 0.10 to hit $54.28 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 1.88% or 2.36 to trade at $122.92 .
USD/BRL was up 0.00% to 3.2678, while EUR/BRL rose 0.05% to 3.7982.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 94.70.