Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Services and Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Atacocha (LM:ATB), which rose 4.41% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.710 at the close. Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) added 1.27% or 0.010 points to end at 0.800 and Sider (LM:SID) was up 1.25% or 0.006 points to 0.486 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which lost 9.09% or 0.0100 points to trade at 0.1000 in late trade. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 3.45% or 0.010 points to end at 0.280 and Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) shed 1.72% or 0.500 points to 28.500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 13 to 13 and 10 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.98% or 0.57 to $57.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.85% or 0.54 to hit $62.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.90% or 11.70 to trade at $1283.20 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.06% to 3.2345, while EUR/PEN fell 0.15% to 3.8342.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 93.21.