Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Public Utilities, Real Estate and Consumption sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 1.51% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3), which rose 4.38% or 1.98 points to trade at 47.18 at the close. JBS SA (SA:JBSS3) added 2.05% or 0.18 points to end at 8.95 and Tim Participacoes SA (SA:TIMP3) was up 0.67% or 0.08 points to 11.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA Pref (SA:GOLL4), which lost 9.39% or 1.16 points to trade at 11.20 in late trade. B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3) declined 7.01% or 1.98 points to end at 26.28 and Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11) shed 6.62% or 1.30 points to 18.35.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 266 to 171 and 32 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 7.78% to 40.85 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.57% or 6.80 to $1201.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.60% or 0.39 to hit $65.81 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 1.04% or 1.05 to trade at $101.88 .
USD/BRL was up 1.65% to 4.0356, while EUR/BRL rose 2.45% to 4.6705.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 95.15.