Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which rose 2.00% or 0.060 points to trade at 3.060 at the close. Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) added 1.47% or 0.010 points to end at 0.690 and Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi) was up 1.19% or 0.200 points to 17.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which lost 10.00% or 0.0140 points to trade at 0.1260 in late trade. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 4.80% or 0.060 points to end at 1.190 and Panoro (LM:PML) shed 4.72% or 0.017 points to 0.343.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 13 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.13% or 0.07 to $51.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $58.09 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.18% or 15.35 to trade at $1287.65 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2445, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.8129.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 93.36.