Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Real Estate and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 1.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (SA:CSAN3), which rose 5.19% or 1.87 points to trade at 37.92 at the close. Tim Participacoes SA (SA:TIMP3) added 2.82% or 0.34 points to end at 12.39 and Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) was up 1.57% or 0.27 points to 17.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EcoRodovias SA (SA:ECOR3), which lost 3.22% or 0.40 points to trade at 12.03 in late trade. Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) declined 3.18% or 0.93 points to end at 28.30 and CEMIG - Companhia Energetica Minas Gerais Pref (SA:CMIG4) shed 3.11% or 0.21 points to 6.54.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 229 to 172 and 26 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 6.64% to 28.13 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.23% or 15.30 to $1257.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.82% or 0.47 to hit $56.67 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract rose 1.01% or 1.20 to trade at $120.08 .
USD/BRL was up 0.13% to 3.3112, while EUR/BRL rose 0.75% to 3.9135.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.64% at 93.46.