Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Azul SA Pref (BVMF:AZUL4), which rose 13.84% or 0.76 points to trade at 6.25 at the close. Pet Center Comercio e Partcipacoes (BVMF:PETZ3) added 3.74% or 0.17 points to end at 4.72 and Cogna Educacao SA (BVMF:COGN3) was up 2.76% or 0.04 points to 1.49 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CSN Mineracao SA (BVMF:CMIN3), which lost 2.82% or 0.20 points to trade at 6.90 in late trade. Braskem SA (BVMF:BRKM5) declined 1.87% or 0.36 points to end at 18.89 and Embraer SA (BVMF:EMBR3) shed 1.61% or 0.79 points to 48.39.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 552 to 388 and 69 ended unchanged on the B3 Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 3.04% to 26.43.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.50% or 13.05 to $2,595.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.41% or 0.97 to hit $69.99 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 1.93% or 5.00 to trade at $263.55 .
USD/BRL was down 0.48% to 5.48, while EUR/BRL fell 0.58% to 6.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 100.65.