Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Non-Metal Minerals and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 1.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi), which rose 2.94% or 0.500 points to trade at 17.500 at the close. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) added 1.91% or 0.120 points to end at 6.420 and Intergroup (LM:IFS) was up 0.47% or 0.150 points to 32.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which lost 6.47% or 0.130 points to trade at 1.880 in late trade. Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) declined 4.65% or 0.040 points to end at 0.820 and Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) shed 3.91% or 0.860 points to 21.150.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 25 to 6 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.55% or 0.27 to $49.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $52.50 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.93% or 11.65 to trade at $1247.05 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2785, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.6573.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 97.77.