Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Non-Metal Minerals and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 1.40% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Relapasa (LM:REL), which rose 2.63% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.195 at the close. Edegel (LM:EDE) added 0.82% or 0.030 points to end at 3.670 and Casa Grande (LM:CSG) was up 0.55% or 0.030 points to 5.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO), which lost 6.58% or 0.450 points to trade at 6.390 in late trade. Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) declined 6.25% or 0.040 points to end at 0.600 and Minera Irl (LM:IRL) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 0.07.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 4 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.21% or 0.10 to $50.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.29% or 0.17 to hit $57.09 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.94% or 10.80 to trade at $1133.10 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.13% to 3.1815, while EUR/PEN fell 0.14% to 3.4620.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 98.08.