Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumption and Electric Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA USIMINAS Pref (BVMF:USIM5), which rose 5.12% or 0.31 points to trade at 6.36 at the close. Embraer SA (BVMF:EMBR3) added 3.84% or 1.58 points to end at 42.68 and Marfrig Alimentos SA (BVMF:MRFG3) was up 3.21% or 0.36 points to 11.56 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sao Martinho SA (BVMF:SMTO3), which lost 4.10% or 1.22 points to trade at 28.51 in late trade. Lojas Renner SA (BVMF:LREN3) declined 3.63% or 0.49 points to end at 13.02 and Ez Tec SA (BVMF:EZTC3) shed 2.61% or 0.35 points to 13.08.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 506 to 432 and 71 ended unchanged on the B3 Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 2.54% to 24.23.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.27% or 30.85 to $2,456.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.77% or 0.58 to hit $75.23 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract rose 0.08% or 0.18 to trade at $230.58 .
USD/BRL was unchanged 0.06% to 5.62, while EUR/BRL fell 0.25% to 6.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 104.29.