Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Real Estate and Consumption sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were JBS SA (SA:JBSS3), which rose 2.63% or 0.27 points to trade at 10.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Ultrapar Participacoes SA (SA:UGPA3) added 2.55% or 1.09 points to end at 43.79 and RUMO Logistica Operadora Multimodal SA (SA:RAIL3) was up 1.40% or 0.23 points to 16.67 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3), which fell 5.28% or 0.68 points to trade at 12.21 at the close. Magazine Luiza SA (SA:MGLU3) declined 4.79% or 7.60 points to end at 150.90 and B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3) was down 4.32% or 1.42 points to 31.48.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 238 to 187 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in JBS SA (SA:JBSS3) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.63% or 0.27 to 10.55.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.13% to 38.72.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.29% or 3.60 to $1227.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.95% or 0.59 to hit $61.62 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 2.12% or 2.40 to trade at $115.65 .
USD/BRL was down 0.78% to 3.7321, while EUR/BRL fell 0.69% to 4.2685.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 95.94.