Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 1.71% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb), which rose 4.84% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.650 at the close. Edegel (LM:EDE) added 2.22% or 0.070 points to end at 3.220 and Inretail Peru (LM:INR) was up 2.15% or 0.400 points to 19.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which lost 10.33% or 1.420 points to trade at 12.330 in late trade. Minsur (LM:MINi) declined 4.65% or 0.060 points to end at 1.230 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) shed 4.48% or 0.015 points to 0.320.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 9 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.28% or 1.52 to $44.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $46.98 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.35% or 4.65 to trade at $1311.85 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.3803, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.7652.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 96.01.