Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumption, Financials and Electric Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 1.92% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were BRF SA (SA:BRFS3), which rose 3.09% or 0.63 points to trade at 21.03 at the close. Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3) added 2.75% or 1.35 points to end at 50.39 and Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3) was up 2.32% or 0.13 points to 5.73 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11), which lost 7.42% or 1.21 points to trade at 15.09 in late trade. Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA Pref (SA:GOLL4) declined 6.81% or 0.74 points to end at 10.12 and Magazine Luiza SA (SA:MGLU3) shed 6.53% or 8.26 points to 118.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 283 to 186 and 30 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 10.83% to 51.70 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.77% or 9.30 to $1197.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.56% or 0.39 to hit $69.41 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 0.12% or 0.12 to trade at $101.35 .
USD/BRL was down 0.13% to 4.1533, while EUR/BRL fell 0.41% to 4.8118.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 95.35.