Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Banking & Financials and Non-Metal Minerals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Relapasa (LM:REL), which rose 3.85% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.135 at the close. Meanwhile, Ferreyros (LM:FER) added 3.70% or 0.050 points to end at 1.400 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) was up 3.45% or 0.010 points to 0.300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which fell 8.57% or 0.600 points to trade at 6.400 at the close. Minsur (LM:MINi) declined 7.69% or 0.060 points to end at 0.720 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) was down 7.14% or 0.010 points to 0.130.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 14 to 10 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.73% or 0.34 to $46.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.35% or 0.66 to hit $49.46 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.48% or 5.50 to trade at $1141.80 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.11% to 3.2800, while EUR/PEN rose 0.71% to 3.6177.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 96.99.