Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3), which rose 4.06% or 1.49 points to trade at 38.15 at the close. CEMIG - Companhia Energetica Minas Gerais Pref (SA:CMIG4) added 2.92% or 0.37 points to end at 13.02 and RUMO Logistica Operadora Multimodal SA (SA:RAIL3) was up 2.15% or 0.35 points to 16.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3), which lost 4.11% or 1.02 points to trade at 23.80 in late trade. Telefonica Brasil SA (SA:VIVT4) declined 3.98% or 1.93 points to end at 46.57 and Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6) shed 3.90% or 1.12 points to 27.57.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 231 to 183 and 33 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 1.93% to 35.35.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.49% or 6.10 to $1247.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.82% or 0.85 to hit $47.45 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract rose 1.51% or 1.50 to trade at $100.90 .
USD/BRL was down 0.36% to 3.8984, while EUR/BRL fell 0.24% to 4.4341.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.463.