Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Non-Metal Minerals and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Milpo (LM:MIL), which rose 3.03% or 0.080 points to trade at 2.720 at the close. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) added 1.89% or 0.100 points to end at 5.400 and Trevali Mining (LM:TV) was up 1.37% or 0.010 points to 0.730 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Minera Irl (LM:IRL), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 0.07 in late trade. Buenaventura (LM:BVN) declined 2.82% or 0.260 points to end at 8.950 and Unacem (LM:CEL) shed 2.39% or 0.060 points to 2.510.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 14 to 9 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.05% or 0.03 to $51.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.03% or 0.01 to hit $57.41 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.49% or 5.60 to trade at $1147.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.20% to 3.1800, while EUR/PEN rose 0.15% to 3.5027.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 97.28.