Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Banking & Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.08% to hit a new 3-year low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which rose 8.84% or 0.130 points to trade at 1.600 at the close. Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) added 2.50% or 0.500 points to end at 20.000 and Ferreyros (LM:FER) was up 2.19% or 0.030 points to 1.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Panoro (LM:PML), which lost 15.00% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.085 in late trade. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 8.11% or 0.015 points to end at 0.170 and Alicorp (LM:ALI) shed 2.02% or 0.110 points to 5.340.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 12 to 12 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.81% or 0.40 to $48.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $53.28 a barrel, while the December Gold contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1087.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.30% to 3.1935, while EUR/PEN fell 1.03% to 3.4851.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 97.61.