Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, 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 fell 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which rose 8.74% or 0.160 points to trade at 1.990 at the close. Sider (LM:SID) added 4.35% or 0.020 points to end at 0.480 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was up 1.70% or 0.020 points to 1.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO), which lost 14.75% or 1.800 points to trade at 10.400 in late trade. PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) unchanged 4.76% or 0.00 points to end at 0.06 and Trevali Mining (LM:TV) shed 3.94% or 0.050 points to 1.220.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 6 and 15 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.13% or 0.08 to $61.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.85% or 0.56 to hit $65.11 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.79% or 24.30 to trade at $1331.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.06% to 3.2525, while EUR/PEN fell 0.41% to 4.0167.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 89.63.