Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Relapasa (LM:REL), which rose 3.39% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.305 at the close. Bco Continenta (LM:CON) added 2.05% or 0.090 points to end at 4.480 and Unacem (LM:CEL) was up 1.73% or 0.050 points to 2.940 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.07 in late trade. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 3.39% or 0.020 points to end at 0.570 and Milpo (LM:MIL) shed 2.83% or 0.150 points to 5.150.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 10 and 10 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.47% or 0.32 to $68.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $73.98 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.65% or 8.60 to trade at $1324.40 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.17% to 3.2360, while EUR/PEN fell 0.07% to 3.9498.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 91.03.