Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Public Utilities and Electric Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3), which rose 8.46% or 3.30 points to trade at 42.30 at the close. Via Varejo SA (SA:VVAR3) added 3.94% or 0.19 points to end at 5.01 and Klabin Unt (SA:KLBN11) was up 2.92% or 0.52 points to 18.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3), which lost 3.67% or 0.40 points to trade at 10.50 in late trade. CCR SA (SA:CCRO3) declined 3.86% or 0.54 points to end at 13.46 and Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6) shed 3.61% or 1.23 points to 32.86.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 232 to 202 and 31 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 2.84% to 31.80.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.14% or 1.85 to $1289.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.07% or 1.55 to hit $52.06 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 1.65% or 1.70 to trade at $101.05 .
USD/BRL was up 0.53% to 3.7172, while EUR/BRL fell 0.04% to 4.2414.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 95.585.