Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Real Estate and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3), which rose 2.71% or 0.27 points to trade at 10.22 at the close. WEG SA (SA:WEGE3) added 1.62% or 0.40 points to end at 25.10 and Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3) was up 1.57% or 0.77 points to 49.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6), which lost 4.23% or 0.90 points to trade at 20.40 in late trade. Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3) declined 3.97% or 0.73 points to end at 17.65 and JBS SA (SA:JBSS3) shed 3.40% or 0.34 points to 9.66.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 220 to 188 and 38 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 6.80% to 30.79.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.45% or 6.00 to $1314.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.86% or 1.15 to hit $62.88 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $125.08 .
USD/BRL was up 0.25% to 3.2487, while EUR/BRL fell 0.07% to 3.8758.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 92.25.