Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Banking & Financials and S&P Lima Juniors sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.45% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Relapasa (LM:REL), which rose 1.66% or 0.004 points to trade at 0.245 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) added 1.25% or 0.010 points to end at 0.810 and Bco Continenta (LM:CON) was up 0.87% or 0.040 points to 4.620 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which lost 7.69% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.120 in late trade. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 3.85% or 0.020 points to end at 0.500 and Inretail Peru (LM:INR) shed 1.92% or 0.500 points to 25.500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 20 to 6 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.28% or 0.83 to $65.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $75.37 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.10 to trade at $1280.60 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.06% to 3.2755, while EUR/PEN rose 0.09% to 3.8075.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 94.41.