Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Non-Metal Minerals and Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Minera Irl (LM:IRL), which unchanged 3.61% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.09 at the close. Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM) added 1.95% or 0.003 points to end at 0.157 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was up 1.09% or 0.030 points to 2.790 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atacocha (LM:ATB), which lost 2.25% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.391 in late trade. Relapasa (LM:REL) declined 2.00% or 0.005 points to end at 0.245 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) shed 1.67% or 0.010 points to 0.590.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 14 to 13 and 12 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.81% or 0.40 to $49.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $55.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 5.68 to trade at $1333.68 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2370, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.8500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 92.04.