Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Public Utilities and Electric Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Prio SA (BVMF:PRIO3), which rose 5.37% or 2.35 points to trade at 46.15 at the close. Petroreconcavo SA (BVMF:RECV3) added 3.66% or 0.75 points to end at 21.22 and CSN Mineracao SA (BVMF:CMIN3) was up 2.22% or 0.11 points to 5.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atacadao SA (BVMF:CRFB3), which lost 6.58% or 0.68 points to trade at 9.66 in late trade. Pet Center Comercio e Partcipacoes (BVMF:PETZ3) declined 5.07% or 0.19 points to end at 3.56 and Sendas Distribuidora SA (BVMF:ASAI3) shed 4.20% or 0.44 points to 10.04.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 555 to 391 and 49 ended unchanged on the B3 Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 4.25% to 24.58.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.41% or 9.85 to $2,397.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.62% or 0.48 to hit $77.44 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract fell 3.49% or 8.35 to trade at $230.75 .
USD/BRL was up 1.28% to 5.66, while EUR/BRL rose 1.13% to 6.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 104.11.