Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Mining and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Luz Del Sur (LM:LUZ), which rose 1.63% or 0.200 points to trade at 12.500 at the close. Unacem (LM:CEL) added 0.81% or 0.020 points to end at 2.500 and Intergroup (LM:IFS) was up 0.47% or 0.150 points to 31.950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which lost 8.46% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.190 in late trade. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 8.25% or 0.080 points to end at 0.890 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) shed 5.87% or 0.024 points to 0.385.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 6 and 10 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.26% or 0.14 to $52.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.82% or 0.45 to hit $54.76 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.33% or 3.75 to trade at $1141.15 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.04% to 3.4025, while EUR/PEN fell 0.03% to 3.5543.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 103.10.