Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Banking & Financials and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Sider (LM:SID), which rose 7.62% or 0.016 points to trade at 0.226 at the close. Minera Irl (LM:IRL) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 0.09 and Casa Grande (LM:CSG) was up 3.45% or 0.200 points to 6.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which lost 3.26% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.890 in late trade. Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) declined 2.53% or 0.130 points to end at 5.000 and Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO) shed 2.35% or 0.200 points to 8.300.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 11 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.91% or 1.72 to $60.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.30% or 1.50 to hit $66.53 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.26% or 3.10 to trade at $1205.60 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.68% to 3.1300, while EUR/PEN rose 0.54% to 3.5188.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 95.47.