Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumption and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 1.50%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3), which rose 5.42% or 0.72 points to trade at 14.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Gerdau SA Pref (SA:GGBR4) added 3.12% or 0.52 points to end at 17.20 and Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3) was up 2.92% or 1.24 points to 43.67 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11), which fell 6.90% or 1.61 points to trade at 21.74 at the close. Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) declined 5.60% or 0.62 points to end at 10.46 and RUMO Logistica Operadora Multimodal SA (SA:RAIL3) was down 4.28% or 0.65 points to 14.55.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 232 to 154 and 36 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 1.75% to 34.79.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.28% or 3.40 to $1221.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.46% or 2.39 to hit $66.78 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract fell 1.07% or 1.16 to trade at $107.72 .
USD/BRL was up 0.27% to 3.7630, while EUR/BRL rose 0.40% to 4.3693.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.92.