Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Consumption and Electric Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5), which rose 9.61% or 0.22 points to trade at 2.51 at the close. Vale SA (SA:VALE3) added 6.35% or 1.30 points to end at 21.76 and Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4) was up 6.15% or 0.51 points to 8.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA (SA:MRVE3), which lost 6.01% or 0.74 points to trade at 11.58 in late trade. Oi SA (SA:OIBR3) declined 4.71% or 0.04 points to end at 0.81 and Multiplan SA (SA:MULT3) shed 4.21% or 2.44 points to 55.46.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 151 to 149 and 27 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 0.87% to 44.30 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.61% or 7.60 to $1246.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.39% or 1.44 to hit $43.91 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 0.92% or 1.18 to trade at $128.85 .
USD/BRL was down 0.21% to 3.5274, while EUR/BRL fell 0.78% to 3.9840.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 94.55.