Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Industrials and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Andino Investment Holding SAA (LM:AIH), which rose 2.63% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.950 at the close. Alicorp (LM:ALI) added 1.35% or 0.150 points to end at 11.250 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was up 1.27% or 0.020 points to 1.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which lost 14.49% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.118 in late trade. Relapasa (LM:REL) declined 3.23% or 0.010 points to end at 0.300 and Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) shed 2.76% or 0.800 points to 28.200.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 15 to 7 and 15 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.06% or 0.66 to $61.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $64.97 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1323.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.02% to 3.2600, while EUR/PEN fell 0.08% to 4.0140.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 89.89.