Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Banking & Financials and Agriculture sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.06% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which rose 4.60% or 0.220 points to trade at 5.000 at the close. Ferreyros (LM:FER) added 3.62% or 0.050 points to end at 1.430 and Unacem (LM:CEL) was up 3.45% or 0.080 points to 2.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Relapasa (LM:REL), which lost 4.76% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.200 in late trade. Sider (LM:SID) declined 2.50% or 0.005 points to end at 0.195 and Minsur (LM:MINi) shed 2.44% or 0.030 points to 1.200.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 14 to 12 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 4.58% or 2.64 to $60.32 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 4.70% or 2.94 to hit $65.52 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.13% or 1.60 to trade at $1190.40 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.02% to 3.1575, while EUR/PEN rose 0.57% to 3.4605.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 96.97.