Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Non-Metal Minerals and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which rose 6.25% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.170 at the close. Relapasa (LM:REL) added 3.51% or 0.006 points to end at 0.171 and Edegel (LM:EDE) was up 3.34% or 0.100 points to 3.090 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Minera Irl (LM:IRL), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.05 in late trade. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) declined 7.42% or 0.360 points to end at 4.490 and Minsur (LM:MINi) shed 6.82% or 0.060 points to 0.820.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 6 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.60% or 0.75 to $46.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.19% or 1.11 to hit $49.57 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.16% or 1.80 to trade at $1122.70 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 1.53% to 3.2048, while EUR/PEN fell 2.27% to 3.5687.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 96.25.