Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Electricity and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which rose 9.70% or 0.160 points to trade at 1.810 at the close. Sider (LM:SID) added 4.08% or 0.020 points to end at 0.510 and Casa Grande (LM:CSG) was up 1.27% or 0.070 points to 5.570 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Relapasa (LM:REL), which lost 5.75% or 0.018 points to trade at 0.295 in late trade. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 3.59% or 0.009 points to end at 0.242 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) shed 3.23% or 0.020 points to 0.600.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 6 and 12 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.31% or 0.86 to $64.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $68.92 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.77% or 10.40 to trade at $1344.60 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.21% to 3.2211, while EUR/PEN fell 0.09% to 3.9992.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 88.96.