Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Electric Power, Public Utilities and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were WEG SA (BVMF:WEGE3), which rose 1.59% or 0.65 points to trade at 41.52 at the close. JBS SA (BVMF:JBSS3) added 1.58% or 0.49 points to end at 31.49 and Arezzo Industria e Comercio SA (BVMF:ARZZ3) was up 1.25% or 0.63 points to 50.83 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Vamos SA (BVMF:VAMO3), which lost 3.32% or 0.26 points to trade at 7.57 in late trade. Lwsa SA (BVMF:LWSA3) declined 3.16% or 0.13 points to end at 3.98 and Companhia Brasileira De Distribuica (BVMF:PCAR3) shed 3.06% or 0.09 points to 2.85.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 506 to 419 and 55 ended unchanged on the B3 Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.38% to 25.98.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.60% or 13.95 to $2,330.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.24% or 1.01 to hit $80.62 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract fell 2.68% or 6.32 to trade at $229.93 .
USD/BRL was up 1.05% to 5.45, while EUR/BRL rose 1.00% to 5.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 105.30.