Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Public Utilities and Electric Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Vale SA (SA:VALE3), which rose 4.80% or 0.87 points to trade at 19.00 at the close. Vale SA (SA:VALE5) added 3.28% or 0.51 points to end at 16.06 and Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA (SA:GOLL4) was up 3.23% or 0.25 points to 8.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5), which lost 4.95% or 0.25 points to trade at 4.80 in late trade. PDG Realty SA (SA:PDGR3) declined 4.17% or 0.030 points to end at 0.690 and Cia Paranaense de Energia (SA:CPLE6) shed 3.81% or 1.40 points to 35.35.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 166 to 102 and 7 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 2.04% to 35.59.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.75% or 9.20 to $1209.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 3.48% or 1.81 to hit $53.95 a barrel, while the May US coffee C contract fell 2.64% or 3.85 to trade at $141.97 .
USD/BRL was up 0.41% to 3.1332, while EUR/BRL fell 1.13% to 3.3877.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.04% at 98.22.