Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.33% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Andino Investment Holding SAA (LM:AIH), which rose 7.41% or 0.200 points to trade at 2.900 at the close. Intergroup (LM:IFS) added 3.47% or 1.400 points to end at 41.800 and Edegel (LM:EDE) was up 0.54% or 0.010 points to 1.870 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which lost 12.70% or 0.0080 points to trade at 0.0550 in late trade. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 8.33% or 0.020 points to end at 0.220 and PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 0.07.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 26 to 7 and 10 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.23% or 0.81 to $64.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $75.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 3.10 to trade at $1277.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.21% to 3.2825, while EUR/PEN fell 0.24% to 3.7984.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 94.65.