Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Electric Power, Financials and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3), which rose 4.24% or 0.94 points to trade at 23.10 at the close. BR Malls Participacoes SA (SA:BRML3) added 4.08% or 0.41 points to end at 10.47 and Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5) was up 4.08% or 1.86 points to 47.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TAESA UNT N2 (SA:TAEE11), which lost 6.91% or 1.41 points to trade at 19.00 in late trade. Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) declined 5.36% or 1.20 points to end at 21.18 and B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3) shed 4.93% or 1.47 points to 28.33.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 265 to 159 and 34 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 1.51% to 28.29.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.97% or 26.00 to $1292.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.27% or 0.19 to hit $71.15 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract fell 0.47% or 0.55 to trade at $117.03 .
USD/BRL was up 1.06% to 3.6608, while EUR/BRL rose 0.35% to 4.3355.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 93.10.