Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Non-Metal Minerals and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.37% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Minera Irl (LM:IRL), which unchanged 4.40% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.10 at the close. Edegel (LM:EDE) added 4.37% or 0.090 points to end at 2.150 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) was up 3.64% or 0.020 points to 0.570 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which unchanged 5.80% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.07 in late trade. Corporacion Aceros Arequipa SA (LM:ARE) declined 4.71% or 0.040 points to end at 0.810 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) shed 4.35% or 0.100 points to 2.200.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 8 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.77% or 0.43 to $55.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.56% or 0.35 to hit $61.86 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 3.98 to trade at $1278.92 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.22% to 3.2498, while EUR/PEN rose 0.52% to 3.8337.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.72.