Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Non-Metal Minerals and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Casa Grande (LM:CSG), which rose 1.87% or 0.100 points to trade at 5.450 at the close. Edegel (LM:EDE) added 0.83% or 0.030 points to end at 3.660 and Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi) was up 0.78% or 0.100 points to 13.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 1.500 in late trade. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 3.50% or 0.007 points to end at 0.193 and Relapasa (LM:REL) shed 3.00% or 0.006 points to 0.194.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 7 and 4 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.05% or 0.63 to $59.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.33% or 0.21 to hit $63.28 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1172.40 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.20% to 3.1680, while EUR/PEN fell 0.10% to 3.5583.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 95.37.