Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Mining and Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.51% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Minera Irl (LM:IRL), which rose 10.99% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.10 at the close. Atacocha (LM:ATB) added 3.26% or 0.006 points to end at 0.190 and Sider (LM:SID) was up 1.95% or 0.004 points to 0.209 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Relapasa (LM:REL), which lost 4.31% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.200 in late trade. Ferreyros (LM:FER) declined 2.84% or 0.040 points to end at 1.370 and Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA) shed 1.69% or 0.080 points to 4.650.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 8 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.34% or 0.80 to $58.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.77% or 0.48 to hit $62.83 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.45% or 5.30 to trade at $1173.40 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.40% to 3.1550, while EUR/PEN fell 0.29% to 3.5171.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.20% at 95.22.