Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, S&P Lima Juniors and Agriculture sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which rose 4.90% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.070 at the close. Unacem (LM:CEL) added 2.92% or 0.070 points to end at 2.470 and ENGIE Energia Peru SA (LM:ENGI) was up 2.64% or 0.210 points to 8.160 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Relapasa (LM:REL), which lost 3.02% or 0.007 points to trade at 0.225 in late trade. Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) declined 1.14% or 0.010 points to end at 0.870 and Credicorp (LM:BAP) shed 0.75% or 1.40 points to 184.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 9 to 6 and 14 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.55% or 0.71 to $46.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $48.72 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.52 to trade at $1255.42 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.08% to 3.2440, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.7788.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.82.