Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Public Utilities and Electric Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Natura Cosmeticos SA (SA:NATU3), which rose 1.83% or 0.55 points to trade at 30.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3) added 1.66% or 0.27 points to end at 16.54 and Gerdau SA Pref (SA:GGBR4) was up 1.09% or 0.13 points to 12.11 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Smiles Fidelidade SA (SA:SMLS3), which fell 3.83% or 2.91 points to trade at 73.10 at the close. Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) declined 3.72% or 1.10 points to end at 28.50 and TAESA UNT N2 (SA:TAEE11) was down 3.18% or 0.66 points to 20.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 248 to 149 and 42 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 8.71% to 24.74 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1265.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.58% or 0.33 to hit $57.55 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 0.11% or 0.14 to trade at $121.78 .
USD/BRL was down 0.08% to 3.2897, while EUR/BRL rose 0.46% to 3.8965.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.03.