Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Industrials and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Edegel (LM:EDE), which rose 2.44% or 0.050 points to trade at 2.100 at the close. Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) added 2.22% or 0.500 points to end at 23.000 and ENGIE Energia Peru SA (LM:ENGI) was up 1.51% or 0.100 points to 6.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which lost 3.39% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.570 in late trade. Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) declined 2.41% or 0.020 points to end at 0.810 and Relapasa (LM:REL) shed 2.38% or 0.005 points to 0.205.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 12 to 8 and 17 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 4.09% or 2.86 to $67.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $71.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1241.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.00% to 3.2686, while EUR/PEN rose 0.25% to 3.8270.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 94.27.