Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumption sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 1.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Magazine Luiza SA (SA:MGLU3), which rose 1.65% or 2.67 points to trade at 164.80 at the close. TAESA UNT N2 (SA:TAEE11) added 0.89% or 0.20 points to end at 22.72 and Raia Drogasil SA (SA:RADL3) was up 0.85% or 0.54 points to 64.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3), which lost 8.43% or 6.22 points to trade at 67.55 in late trade. Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3) declined 4.69% or 1.95 points to end at 39.65 and CCR SA (SA:CCRO3) shed 4.65% or 0.60 points to 12.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 310 to 148 and 30 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 3.29% to 33.88.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.33% or 4.10 to $1243.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $52.88 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 0.65% or 0.70 to trade at $107.10 .
USD/BRL was up 0.27% to 3.8528, while EUR/BRL rose 0.14% to 4.3692.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 96.900.