Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumption sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3), which rose 0.91% or 0.28 points to trade at 31.15 at the close. TAESA UNT N2 (SA:TAEE11) added 0.73% or 0.16 points to end at 22.06 and Equatorial Energia SA (SA:EQTL3) was up 0.50% or 0.31 points to 61.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3), which lost 5.41% or 0.92 points to trade at 16.07 in late trade. Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3) declined 3.69% or 1.99 points to end at 51.93 and Lojas Americanas SA (SA:LAME4) shed 3.28% or 0.61 points to 17.99.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 257 to 114 and 33 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.21% to 27.10 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.18% or 15.35 to $1287.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $51.94 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 0.22% or 0.27 to trade at $124.30 .
USD/BRL was down 0.02% to 3.1574, while EUR/BRL fell 0.05% to 3.7142.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 93.36.