Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Non-Metal Minerals, Industrials and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 1.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Bco Continenta (LM:CON), which rose 0.75% or 0.030 points to trade at 4.030 at the close. Ferreyros (LM:FER) added 0.60% or 0.010 points to end at 1.670 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 0.590 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unacem (LM:CEL), which lost 4.23% or 0.110 points to trade at 2.490 in late trade. Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) declined 3.81% or 0.180 points to end at 4.550 and Buenaventura (LM:BVN) shed 2.35% or 0.260 points to 10.800.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 15 to 3 and 10 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.06% or 0.52 to $48.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $50.07 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.83% or 10.60 to trade at $1286.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.3265, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.7532.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 94.42.