Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Electric Power, Financials and Public Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3), which rose 4.24% or 0.94 points to trade at 23.10 at the close. Meanwhile, BR Malls Participacoes SA (SA:BRML3) added 4.08% or 0.41 points to end at 10.47 and Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5) was up 4.08% or 1.86 points to 47.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TAESA UNT N2 (SA:TAEE11), which fell 6.91% or 1.41 points to trade at 19.00 at the close. Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) declined 5.36% or 1.20 points to end at 21.18 and B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3) was down 4.93% or 1.47 points to 28.33.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 265 to 159 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in TAESA UNT N2 (SA:TAEE11) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.91% or 1.41 to 19.00.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 1.51% to 28.29.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.97% or 26.00 to $1292.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.27% or 0.19 to hit $71.15 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract fell 0.47% or 0.55 to trade at $117.03 .
USD/BRL was up 1.06% to 3.6608, while EUR/BRL rose 0.35% to 4.3355.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 93.10.