Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Non-Metal Minerals, Industrials and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which rose 34.62% or 0.0180 points to trade at 0.0700 at the close. Edegel (LM:EDE) added 2.62% or 0.060 points to end at 2.350 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was up 2.41% or 0.020 points to 0.850 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which unchanged 6.82% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.04 in late trade. Volcan Compania Minera SAA (LM:VOLa) declined 5.56% or 0.100 points to end at 1.700 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) shed 3.81% or 0.080 points to 2.020.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 15 to 10 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.37% or 0.18 to $48.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $51.99 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 4.90 to trade at $1295.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.02% to 3.2488, while EUR/PEN rose 0.61% to 3.8418.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 92.99.