Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Non-Metal Minerals, Industrials and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Casa Grande (LM:CSG), which rose 2.97% or 0.220 points to trade at 7.620 at the close. Sider (LM:SID) added 2.50% or 0.009 points to end at 0.369 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) was up 2.00% or 0.008 points to 0.407 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which lost 9.56% or 0.370 points to trade at 3.500 in late trade. Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi) declined 3.12% or 0.500 points to end at 15.500 and Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC) shed 2.18% or 0.75 points to 33.63.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 13 to 10 and 12 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 3.13% or 1.59 to $52.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 3.15% or 1.69 to hit $55.33 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.50% or 5.95 to trade at $1191.45 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.29% to 3.3967, while EUR/PEN fell 0.65% to 3.5583.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 101.72.