Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Mining and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which rose 2.44% or 0.080 points to trade at 3.360 at the close. Sider (LM:SID) added 1.54% or 0.005 points to end at 0.330 and Intergroup (LM:IFS) was up 1.23% or 0.400 points to 33.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which lost 2.81% or 0.380 points to trade at 13.150 in late trade. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 2.78% or 0.030 points to end at 1.050 and Luz Del Sur (LM:LUZ) shed 2.39% or 0.300 points to 12.250.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 15 to 11 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.04% or 0.02 to $53.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $55.74 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 5.15 to trade at $1236.45 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.38% to 3.2610, while EUR/PEN rose 0.07% to 3.4638.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 100.89.