Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Real Estate and Consumption sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were JBS SA (SA:JBSS3), which rose 2.63% or 0.27 points to trade at 10.55 at the close. Ultrapar Participacoes SA (SA:UGPA3) added 2.55% or 1.09 points to end at 43.79 and RUMO Logistica Operadora Multimodal SA (SA:RAIL3) was up 1.40% or 0.23 points to 16.67 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3), which lost 5.28% or 0.68 points to trade at 12.21 in late trade. Magazine Luiza SA (SA:MGLU3) declined 4.79% or 7.60 points to end at 150.90 and B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3) shed 4.32% or 1.42 points to 31.48.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 238 to 187 and 31 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.13% to 38.72.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.29% or 3.50 to $1227.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.95% or 0.59 to hit $61.62 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 2.12% or 2.40 to trade at $115.65 .
USD/BRL was down 0.78% to 3.7321, while EUR/BRL fell 0.69% to 4.2685.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 95.94.