Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Electric Power, Consumption and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5), which rose 5.64% or 1.24 points to trade at 23.21 at the close. Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (SA:CSAN3) added 5.33% or 1.95 points to end at 38.55 and Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB5) was up 2.43% or 0.24 points to 10.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3), which lost 4.76% or 0.83 points to trade at 16.61 in late trade. Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) declined 3.69% or 0.530 points to end at 13.850 and Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) shed 3.09% or 0.28 points to 8.77.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 203 to 152 and 29 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 1.73% to 33.53.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.99% or 13.10 to $1314.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.38% or 0.65 to hit $46.33 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 0.62% or 0.90 to trade at $145.80 .
USD/BRL was up 0.20% to 3.2370, while EUR/BRL fell 0.23% to 3.6061.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.55% at 96.06.