Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Non-Metal Minerals, Industrials and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 1.81% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi), which rose 0.67% or 0.100 points to trade at 15.100 at the close. Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 1.440 and Sider (LM:SID) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 0.330 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unacem (LM:CEL), which lost 9.21% or 0.210 points to trade at 2.070 in late trade. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 8.33% or 0.090 points to end at 0.990 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) shed 6.19% or 0.120 points to 1.820.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 29 to 2 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.23% or 0.12 to $53.21 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $55.99 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1226.25 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.33% to 3.2960, while EUR/PEN rose 0.16% to 3.4794.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 101.65.