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 declined 1.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3), which rose 2.74% or 1.49 points to trade at 55.80 at the close. Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6) added 2.73% or 0.66 points to end at 24.87 and CPFL Energia SA (SA:CPFE3) was up 2.61% or 0.57 points to 22.37 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3), which lost 3.51% or 0.37 points to trade at 10.17 in late trade. Gerdau SA Pref (SA:GGBR4) declined 3.50% or 0.51 points to end at 14.06 and Lojas Renner SA (SA:LREN3) shed 3.33% or 1.21 points to 35.15.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 187 to 186 and 40 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 6.07% to 34.21.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.96% or 12.70 to $1316.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.56% or 1.62 to hit $61.77 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract rose 0.20% or 0.25 to trade at $123.22 .
USD/BRL was up 1.14% to 3.2715, while EUR/BRL rose 0.18% to 4.0118.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.76% at 90.20.