Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Financials and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 1.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Cia Hering (SA:HGTX3), which rose 4.48% or 0.60 points to trade at 14.00 at the close. JBS SA (SA:JBSS3) added 4.26% or 0.69 points to end at 16.88 and Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3) was up 3.92% or 0.90 points to 23.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Petroleo Brasileiro SA (SA:PETR4), which lost 6.31% or 0.87 points to trade at 12.91 in late trade. Petroleo Brasileiro SA (SA:PETR3) declined 6.08% or 0.89 points to end at 13.75 and Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) shed 5.53% or 0.42 points to 7.17.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 161 to 111 and 5 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 1.19% to 29.76.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.65% or 20.20 to $1207.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.25% or 1.96 to hit $58.31 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract fell 2.17% or 3.10 to trade at $139.53 .
USD/BRL was up 0.99% to 3.0374, while EUR/BRL fell 0.49% to 3.3864.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.21% at 95.37.