Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Public Utilities, Real Estate and Consumption sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 1.51% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3), which rose 4.38% or 1.98 points to trade at 47.18 at the close. Meanwhile, JBS SA (SA:JBSS3) added 2.05% or 0.18 points to end at 8.95 and Tim Participacoes SA (SA:TIMP3) was up 0.67% or 0.08 points to 11.99 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA Pref (SA:GOLL4), which fell 9.39% or 1.16 points to trade at 11.20 at the close. B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3) declined 7.01% or 1.98 points to end at 26.28 and Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11) was down 6.62% or 1.30 points to 18.35.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 266 to 171 and 32 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 7.78% to 40.85 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.57% or 6.80 to $1201.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.60% or 0.39 to hit $65.81 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 1.04% or 1.05 to trade at $101.88 .
USD/BRL was up 1.65% to 4.0356, while EUR/BRL rose 2.45% to 4.6705.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 95.15.