Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, S&P Lima Juniors and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 2.26% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Inversiones Centenario SAA (LM:ICE), which rose 0.58% or 0.020 points to trade at 3.450 at the close. Inretail Peru (LM:INR) added 0.43% or 0.110 points to end at 25.800 and Luz Del Sur (LM:LUZ) was up 0.08% or 0.010 points to 12.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which lost 8.85% or 1.180 points to trade at 12.150 in late trade. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 7.89% or 0.030 points to end at 0.350 and Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC) shed 7.83% or 3.59 points to 42.26.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 31 to 3 and 4 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 3.19% or 2.14 to $64.90 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $70.80 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.57% or 18.90 to trade at $1181.80 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.55% to 3.3180, while EUR/PEN rose 1.16% to 3.7748.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 96.59.