Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Mining and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 1.21% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which rose 0.99% or 0.100 points to trade at 10.200 at the close. Minsur (LM:MINi) added 0.76% or 0.010 points to end at 1.320 and Ferreyros (LM:FER) was up 0.72% or 0.010 points to 1.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO), which lost 8.33% or 0.650 points to trade at 7.150 in late trade. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) declined 6.14% or 0.350 points to end at 5.350 and Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) shed 4.35% or 1.000 points to 22.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 6 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 4.93% or 2.73 to $52.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.00% or 0.01 to hit $56.81 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1168.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.22% to 3.1780, while EUR/PEN fell 0.68% to 3.5042.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 96.43.