Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Banking & Financials and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 1.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which rose 2.60% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.197 at the close. Edelnor (LM:EDN) added 1.42% or 0.070 points to end at 5.000 and Ferreyros (LM:FER) was up 0.77% or 0.010 points to 1.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Milpo (LM:MIL), which lost 11.77% or 0.200 points to trade at 1.500 in late trade. Minsur (LM:MINi) declined 9.09% or 0.050 points to end at 0.500 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) shed 4.76% or 0.005 points to 0.105.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 4 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 3.66% or 1.40 to $36.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 3.58% or 1.35 to hit $36.53 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.72% or 7.70 to trade at $1068.20 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.38% to 3.3963, while EUR/PEN rose 0.24% to 3.7185.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 98.00.