Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumption sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3), which rose 0.91% or 0.28 points to trade at 31.15 at the close. Meanwhile, TAESA UNT N2 (SA:TAEE11) added 0.73% or 0.16 points to end at 22.06 and Equatorial Energia SA (SA:EQTL3) was up 0.50% or 0.31 points to 61.91 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3), which fell 5.41% or 0.92 points to trade at 16.07 at the close. Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3) declined 3.69% or 1.99 points to end at 51.93 and Lojas Americanas SA (SA:LAME4) was down 3.28% or 0.61 points to 17.99.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 257 to 114 and 33 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.21% to 27.10 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.18% or 15.35 to $1287.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $51.94 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 0.22% or 0.27 to trade at $124.30 .
USD/BRL was down 0.02% to 3.1574, while EUR/BRL fell 0.01% to 3.7158.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 93.36.