Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Food & Beverages and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Andino Investment Holding SAA (LM:AIH), which rose 1.83% or 0.030 points to trade at 1.670 at the close. Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) added 1.39% or 0.010 points to end at 0.730 and Corporacion Aceros Arequipa SA (LM:ARE) was up 1.19% or 0.010 points to 0.850 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Minsur (LM:MINi), which lost 4.50% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.910 in late trade. Candente Copper (LM:DNT) declined 3.64% or 0.0040 points to end at 0.1060 and Panoro (LM:PML) shed 3.02% or 0.010 points to 0.321.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 10 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.50% or 0.32 to $64.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.42% or 0.29 to hit $69.44 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.64% or 8.60 to trade at $1328.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.05% to 3.2105, while EUR/PEN fell 0.07% to 3.9278.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 90.51.