Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Non-Metal Minerals, Industrials and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 1.78% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Edegel (LM:EDE), which rose 5.71% or 0.140 points to trade at 2.590 at the close. Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM) added 0.59% or 0.001 points to end at 0.169 and Inretail Peru (LM:INR) was up 0.31% or 0.060 points to 19.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which lost 33.33% or 1.100 points to trade at 2.200 in late trade. Minsur (LM:MINi) declined 3.45% or 0.050 points to end at 1.400 and Sider (LM:SID) shed 2.86% or 0.010 points to 0.340.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 20 to 5 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.77% or 0.42 to $54.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.94% or 0.53 to hit $56.05 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.10 to trade at $1257.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.17% to 3.2520, while EUR/PEN rose 0.23% to 3.4410.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 101.13.