Brazil stocks lower at close of trade; Bovespa down 0.12%

Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.12%.

The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Azul SA Pref (BVMF:AZUL4), which rose 13.84% or 0.76 points to trade at 6.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Pet Center Comercio e Partcipacoes (BVMF:PETZ3) added 3.74% or 0.17 points to end at 4.72 and Cogna Educacao SA (BVMF:COGN3) was up 2.76% or 0.04 points to 1.49 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were CSN Mineracao SA (BVMF:CMIN3), which fell 2.82% or 0.20 points to trade at 6.90 at the close. Braskem SA (BVMF:BRKM5) declined 1.87% or 0.36 points to end at 18.89 and Embraer SA (BVMF:EMBR3) was down 1.61% or 0.79 points to 48.39.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the B3 Stock Exchange by 552 to 388 and 69 ended unchanged.

The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 3.04% to 26.43.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.50% or 13.10 to $2,595.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.42% or 0.98 to hit $70.00 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 1.93% or 5.00 to trade at $263.55 .

USD/BRL was down 0.48% to 5.48, while EUR/BRL fell 0.58% to 6.10.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 100.65.