Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Non-Metal Minerals and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 1.02% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Panoro (LM:PML), which rose 5.69% or 0.007 points to trade at 0.130 at the close. Relapasa (LM:REL) added 1.70% or 0.004 points to end at 0.240 and Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) was up 1.31% or 0.290 points to 22.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Minera Irl (LM:IRL), which lost 10.00% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.10 in late trade. Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) declined 6.96% or 0.160 points to end at 2.140 and Sider (LM:SID) shed 3.75% or 0.015 points to 0.385.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 7 and 14 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.81% or 0.40 to $49.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $51.99 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.41 to trade at $1265.61 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2455, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.5339.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 99.02.