Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Non-Metal Minerals, Industrials and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Panoro (LM:PML), which rose 6.67% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.160 at the close. Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG) added 4.00% or 0.050 points to end at 1.300 and Buenaventura (LM:BVN) was up 2.94% or 0.300 points to 10.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Relapasa (LM:REL), which lost 5.04% or 0.013 points to trade at 0.245 in late trade. Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) declined 3.17% or 0.020 points to end at 0.610 and Edelnor (LM:EDN) shed 2.05% or 0.120 points to 5.730.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 8 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.84% or 0.88 to $48.60 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.22% or 0.11 to hit $49.45 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.48% or 6.15 to trade at $1280.35 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.3115, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.7700.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 94.55.