Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Food & Beverages and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.07 at the close. Panoro (LM:PML) added 1.13% or 0.003 points to end at 0.268 and Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 10.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Andino Investment Holding SAA (LM:AIH), which lost 7.41% or 0.200 points to trade at 2.500 in late trade. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 3.57% or 0.020 points to end at 0.540 and Casa Grande (LM:CSG) shed 3.33% or 0.180 points to 5.220.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 11 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.81% or 0.55 to $68.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $73.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 7.20 to trade at $1312.80 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.17% to 3.2730, while EUR/PEN rose 0.22% to 3.9271.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 92.28.