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.

Source: Investing.com