Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Food & Beverages and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.38% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb), which rose 5.00% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.840 at the close. Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) added 2.91% or 0.050 points to end at 1.770 and Panoro (LM:PML) was up 2.50% or 0.003 points to 0.123 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atacocha (LM:ATB), which lost 5.99% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.314 in late trade. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 2.13% or 0.020 points to end at 0.920 and Buenaventura (LM:BVN) shed 1.88% or 0.220 points to 11.470.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 13 to 6 and 14 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 5.48% or 2.91 to $50.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 4.97% or 2.78 to hit $53.14 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.68% or 8.25 to trade at $1207.85 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.52% to 3.2970, while EUR/PEN fell 0.28% to 3.4736.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 102.10.