Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Industrials and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Alicorp (LM:ALI), which rose 2.44% or 0.150 points to trade at 6.300 at the close. Edegel (LM:EDE) added 1.93% or 0.050 points to end at 2.640 and Inretail Peru (LM:INR) was up 1.81% or 0.300 points to 16.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ferreyros (LM:FER), which lost 2.44% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.600 in late trade. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) declined 1.58% or 0.090 points to end at 5.610 and Intergroup (LM:IFS) shed 1.15% or 0.350 points to 30.000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 11 to 7 and 15 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.73% or 0.86 to $48.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $49.83 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.31% or 4.00 to trade at $1268.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2865, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.7080.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 93.81.