Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Consumption sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were CEMIG - Companhia Energetica Minas Gerais Pref (SA:CMIG4), which rose 4.77% or 0.53 points to trade at 11.63 at the close. Metalurgica Gerdau SA (SA:GOAU4) added 3.51% or 0.22 points to end at 6.49 and Natura Cosmeticos SA (SA:NATU3) was up 1.54% or 0.41 points to 27.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5), which lost 3.31% or 1.06 points to trade at 30.92 in late trade. Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3) declined 3.23% or 0.70 points to end at 21.00 and Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (SA:CSAN3) shed 3.15% or 1.24 points to 38.12.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 243 to 154 and 28 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 2.94% to 31.69.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.88% or 10.75 to $1214.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $53.13 a barrel, while the May US coffee C contract fell 0.61% or 0.86 to trade at $140.62 .
USD/BRL was down 0.64% to 3.1185, while EUR/BRL fell 0.79% to 3.2957.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 101.80.