Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumption and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 1.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3), which rose 5.42% or 0.72 points to trade at 14.00 at the close. Gerdau SA Pref (SA:GGBR4) added 3.12% or 0.52 points to end at 17.20 and Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3) was up 2.92% or 1.24 points to 43.67 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11), which lost 6.90% or 1.61 points to trade at 21.74 in late trade. Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) declined 5.60% or 0.62 points to end at 10.46 and RUMO Logistica Operadora Multimodal SA (SA:RAIL3) shed 4.28% or 0.65 points to 14.55.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 232 to 154 and 36 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 1.75% to 34.79.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.28% or 3.40 to $1221.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.46% or 2.39 to hit $66.78 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract fell 1.07% or 1.16 to trade at $107.72 .
USD/BRL was up 0.27% to 3.7630, while EUR/BRL rose 0.40% to 4.3693.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.92.