Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Mining and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 1.53% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Atacocha (LM:ATB), which rose 2.56% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.400 at the close. Enel Distribucion Peru SAA (LM:ENE) added 1.55% or 0.090 points to end at 5.910 and Bolsa de Valores de Lima SAA (LM:BVL) was up 0.76% or 0.020 points to 2.650 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Panoro (LM:PML), which lost 7.78% or 0.014 points to trade at 0.166 in late trade. Relapasa (LM:REL) declined 6.32% or 0.012 points to end at 0.178 and Sider (LM:SID) shed 5.17% or 0.030 points to 0.550.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 27 to 4 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.64% or 0.45 to $69.35 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $77.92 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.80% or 9.60 to trade at $1197.10 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.27% to 3.3154, while EUR/PEN fell 0.04% to 3.8395.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 95.37.