Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Electric Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado (SA:SBSP3), which rose 5.86% or 0.98 points to trade at 17.71 at the close. CPFL Energia SA (SA:CPFE3) added 3.33% or 0.66 points to end at 20.46 and Banco Bradesco SA (SA:BBDC3) was up 2.24% or 0.66 points to 30.13 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oi SA (SA:OIBR4), which lost 5.52% or 0.30 points to trade at 5.13 in late trade. Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) declined 4.90% or 0.28 points to end at 5.43 and Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA (SA:GOLL4) shed 4.75% or 0.39 points to 7.82.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 138 to 132 and 5 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.21% to 35.00.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.16% or 1.90 to $1183.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.30% or 1.12 to hit $47.56 a barrel, while the May US coffee C contract rose 0.40% or 0.53 to trade at $132.70 .
USD/BRL was down 1.20% to 3.1876, while EUR/BRL fell 1.88% to 3.4265.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.39% at 98.69.