Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Financials and Electric Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Hypermarcas SA (SA:HYPE3), which rose 3.24% or 1.09 points to trade at 34.76 at the close. WEG SA (SA:WEGE3) added 2.81% or 0.65 points to end at 23.80 and Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3) was up 2.05% or 0.90 points to 44.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5), which lost 4.23% or 0.38 points to trade at 8.60 in late trade. CPFL Energia SA (SA:CPFE3) declined 3.95% or 0.75 points to end at 18.25 and Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) shed 3.46% or 0.26 points to 7.26.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 233 to 136 and 41 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 1.19% to 34.73.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.67% or 8.60 to $1269.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.26% or 0.15 to hit $57.62 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 0.93% or 1.19 to trade at $127.28 .
USD/BRL was down 0.08% to 3.2417, while EUR/BRL fell 0.44% to 3.8322.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 93.28.