Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Industrials and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Edelnor (LM:EDN), which rose 0.56% or 0.030 points to trade at 5.440 at the close. Unacem (LM:CEL) added 0.39% or 0.010 points to end at 2.590 and Credicorp (LM:BAP) was up 0.13% or 0.200 points to 149.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which lost 6.12% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.230 in late trade. Relapasa (LM:REL) declined 3.32% or 0.008 points to end at 0.233 and Minsur (LM:MINi) shed 3.25% or 0.040 points to 1.190.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 3 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 4.14% or 1.99 to $46.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $47.03 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.57% or 7.30 to trade at $1281.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.3305, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.7093.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 94.77.