Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Real Estate and Consumption sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 2.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3), which rose 2.70% or 1.27 points to trade at 48.30 at the close. Vale SA (SA:VALE3) added 2.30% or 1.21 points to end at 53.73 and Gerdau SA Pref (SA:GGBR4) was up 1.76% or 0.28 points to 16.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6), which lost 8.15% or 1.54 points to trade at 17.36 in late trade. Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3) declined 7.81% or 1.27 points to end at 14.99 and Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11) shed 7.75% or 1.91 points to 22.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 281 to 146 and 26 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 2.47% to 29.87.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.28% or 3.60 to $1300.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.94% or 0.61 to hit $65.36 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract fell 1.61% or 1.96 to trade at $119.42 .
USD/BRL was up 1.70% to 3.8100, while EUR/BRL rose 1.91% to 4.4649.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 93.86.