Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Non-Metal Minerals and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.35% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Panoro (LM:PML), which rose 6.25% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.170 at the close. Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 0.103 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) was up 2.63% or 0.010 points to 0.390 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which lost 5.76% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.800 in late trade. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) declined 2.70% or 0.100 points to end at 3.600 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) shed 2.60% or 0.020 points to 0.750.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 6 and 16 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.22% or 0.84 to $67.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $76.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.00 to trade at $1205.30 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.17% to 3.3220, while EUR/PEN rose 0.21% to 3.8624.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.99.