Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 2.09% to hit a new 3-year low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC), which rose 0.54% or 0.15 points to trade at 28.00 at the close. Milpo (LM:MIL) added 0.40% or 0.010 points to end at 2.510 and Bco Continenta (LM:CON) was up 0.24% or 0.010 points to 4.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Panoro (LM:PML), which lost 16.67% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.100 in late trade. Buenaventura (LM:BVN) declined 15.41% or 1.330 points to end at 7.300 and Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO) shed 7.67% or 0.490 points to 5.900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 6 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.88% or 0.96 to $50.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.06% or 0.60 to hit $56.49 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1096.40 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.17% to 3.1763, while EUR/PEN fell 0.35% to 3.4499.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 98.19.