Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Industrials and Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Inretail Peru (LM:INR), which rose 2.78% or 0.500 points to trade at 18.500 at the close. ENGIE Energia Peru SA (LM:ENGI) added 0.64% or 0.050 points to end at 7.850 and Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA) was up 0.40% or 0.030 points to 7.530 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which lost 9.06% or 1.150 points to trade at 11.550 in late trade. Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM) declined 5.73% or 0.009 points to end at 0.148 and Bolsa de Valores de Lima SAA (LM:BVL) shed 4.54% or 0.150 points to 3.150.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 15 to 6 and 14 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.39% or 0.18 to $46.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $48.27 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.40 to trade at $1268.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2815, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.6656.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 97.15.