Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Milpo (LM:MIL), which rose 6.62% or 0.180 points to trade at 2.900 at the close. Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) added 3.24% or 0.180 points to end at 5.740 and Luz Del Sur (LM:LUZ) was up 2.18% or 0.250 points to 11.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cerro Verde (LM:CVE), which lost 3.70% or 0.720 points to trade at 18.750 in late trade. Buenaventura (LM:BVN) declined 2.43% or 0.340 points to end at 13.650 and Casa Grande (LM:CSG) shed 2.04% or 0.150 points to 7.200.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 13 to 10 and 10 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.89% or 0.43 to $48.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $50.76 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.24% or 3.10 to trade at $1314.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.3870, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.8024.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.65.