Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Banking & Financials and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which rose 4.58% or 0.210 points to trade at 4.800 at the close. Alicorp (LM:ALI) added 3.51% or 0.200 points to end at 5.900 and Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA) was up 2.62% or 0.110 points to 4.310 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO), which lost 6.00% or 0.300 points to trade at 4.700 in late trade. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 5.00% or 0.005 points to end at 0.095 and Relapasa (LM:REL) shed 2.50% or 0.003 points to 0.120.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 13 to 9 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.76% or 0.28 to $37.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.05% or 0.02 to hit $40.28 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.22% or 2.40 to trade at $1072.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.15% to 3.3685, while EUR/PEN rose 0.38% to 3.6767.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.12% at 97.32.