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 fell 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3), which rose 9.44% or 1.93 points to trade at 22.38 at the close. Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3) added 3.64% or 1.03 points to end at 29.33 and Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3) was up 2.88% or 0.18 points to 6.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6), which lost 3.61% or 0.95 points to trade at 25.34 in late trade. Itausa - Investimentos Itau SA (SA:ITSA4) declined 3.32% or 0.36 points to end at 10.48 and Cia Paranaense de Energia (SA:CPLE6) shed 3.06% or 0.79 points to 24.99.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 247 to 204 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 5.65% to 33.06.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.44% or 5.60 to $1272.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.89% or 0.48 to hit $54.63 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 0.41% or 0.52 to trade at $125.28 .
USD/BRL was down 0.03% to 3.2716, while EUR/BRL fell 0.06% to 3.8086.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 94.45.