Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Thursday, 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 0.76% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Edegel (LM:EDE), which rose 4.44% or 0.100 points to trade at 2.350 at the close. Unacem (LM:CEL) added 1.39% or 0.030 points to end at 2.190 and Inretail Peru (LM:INR) was up 0.74% or 0.140 points to 19.150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which lost 4.35% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.880 in late trade. Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi) declined 2.53% or 0.390 points to end at 15.010 and Panoro (LM:PML) shed 2.44% or 0.003 points to 0.120.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 8 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.17% or 0.59 to $49.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.05% or 0.56 to hit $52.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.75% or 9.10 to trade at $1200.30 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.21% to 3.2885, while EUR/PEN rose 0.49% to 3.4905.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 101.97.