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Investing.com – Brazil stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Consumption and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 1.59%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Raizen SA Preferred (BVMF:RAIZ4), which rose 5.95% or 0.10 points to trade at 1.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (BVMF:CSAN3) added 1.32% or 0.10 points to end at 7.68 and Petroreconcavo SA (BVMF:RECV3) was up 1.21% or 0.17 points to 14.27 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Marcopolo SA (BVMF:POMO4), which fell 6.94% or 0.50 points to trade at 6.70 at the close. Grupo Vamos SA (BVMF:VAMO3) declined 6.60% or 0.31 points to end at 4.39 and Ultrapar Participacoes SA (BVMF:UGPA3) was down 6.33% or 1.12 points to 16.58.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the B3 Stock Exchange by 688 to 257 and 59 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 2.19% to 26.65.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.05% or 34.64 to $3,319.24 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.13% or 0.70 to hit $61.33 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract fell 0.18% or 0.65 to trade at $368.65 .
USD/BRL was down 0.36% to 5.65, while EUR/BRL unchanged 0.06% to 6.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 99.49.