Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, S&P Lima Juniors and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Rimac Seguros y Reaseguros (LM:RSR), which rose 2.84% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.450 at the close. Minsur (LM:MINi) added 2.22% or 0.040 points to end at 1.840 and Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA) was up 1.27% or 0.100 points to 8.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC), which lost 2.33% or 1.30 points to trade at 54.50 in late trade. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 2.08% or 0.020 points to end at 0.940 and Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) shed 1.72% or 0.500 points to 28.500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 13 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.34% or 0.92 to $67.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $73.92 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 8.00 to trade at $1332.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.12% to 3.2305, while EUR/PEN rose 0.12% to 3.9527.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 90.56.