Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Electricity and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Compania Minera Milpo SAA Class I (LM:MILi), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to trade at 2.890 at the close. Ferreyros (LM:FER) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 2.400 and Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 24.010 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Compania Minera Milpo SAA Class I (LM:MILi), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to trade at 2.890 in late trade. Ferreyros (LM:FER) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 2.400 and Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) 0.00% or 0.000 points to 24.010.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1 to 1 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.87% or 1.28 to $69.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.50% or 1.10 to hit $74.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 4.40 to trade at $1218.80 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.00% to 3.2685, while EUR/PEN fell 0.31% to 3.7780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 95.18.