Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Non-Metal Minerals and Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Intergroup (LM:IFS), which rose 4.39% or 1.800 points to trade at 42.800 at the close. Minsur (LM:MINi) added 2.86% or 0.050 points to end at 1.800 and Luz Del Sur (LM:LUZ) was up 1.99% or 0.240 points to 12.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Milpo (LM:MIL), which lost 3.31% or 0.180 points to trade at 5.250 in late trade. Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) declined 3.23% or 0.060 points to end at 1.800 and ENGIE Energia Peru SA (LM:ENGI) shed 2.90% or 0.200 points to 6.700.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 10 and 10 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.65% or 1.02 to $62.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.36% or 0.89 to hit $66.31 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1332.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.09% to 3.2480, while EUR/PEN rose 0.24% to 4.0080.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 89.69.