Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Electricity and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 1.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi), which rose 0.07% or 0.010 points to trade at 14.010 at the close. Inretail Peru (LM:INR) added 0.06% or 0.010 points to end at 17.000 and Alicorp (LM:ALI) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 6.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Minsur (LM:MINi), which lost 5.43% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.220 in late trade. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 4.26% or 0.020 points to end at 0.450 and Credicorp (LM:BAP) shed 3.35% or 4.840 points to 139.510.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 28 to 3 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.99% or 0.89 to $43.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.22% or 0.10 to hit $45.21 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.59% or 7.65 to trade at $1288.15 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.71% to 3.3272, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.8258.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.53% at 93.02.