Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Industrials and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.82% to hit a new 3-year low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC), which rose 3.46% or 0.90 points to trade at 26.90 at the close. Buenaventura (LM:BVN) added 2.71% or 0.190 points to end at 7.190 and Panoro (LM:PML) was up 2.50% or 0.002 points to 0.082 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Casa Grande (LM:CSG), which lost 10.53% or 0.400 points to trade at 3.400 in late trade. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 6.25% or 0.030 points to end at 0.450 and Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO) shed 6.00% or 0.300 points to 4.700.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 26 to 7 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.12% or 0.05 to $40.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.03% or 0.01 to hit $46.09 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1152.30 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.28% to 3.2635, while EUR/PEN rose 1.48% to 3.6454.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 95.75.