Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Non-Metal Minerals and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.48% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to trade at 0.750 at the close. Unacem (LM:CEL) added 0.83% or 0.020 points to end at 2.400 and Luz Del Sur (LM:LUZ) was up 0.46% or 0.050 points to 11.050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alicorp (LM:ALI), which lost 3.59% or 0.210 points to trade at 5.640 in late trade. Ferreyros (LM:FER) declined 2.84% or 0.040 points to end at 1.370 and Edegel (LM:EDE) shed 1.96% or 0.070 points to 3.510.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 8 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.13% or 0.68 to $60.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.17% or 0.11 to hit $63.82 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.33% or 3.90 to trade at $1182.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.05% to 3.1635, while EUR/PEN rose 0.49% to 3.5562.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 95.22.