Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Non-Metal Minerals and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 1.91% to hit a new 3-year low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Minera Irl (LM:IRL), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.06 at the close. Intergroup (LM:IFS) added 0.73% or 0.210 points to end at 28.800 and Bco Continenta (LM:CON) was up 0.48% or 0.020 points to 4.180 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Panoro (LM:PML), which lost 14.00% or 0.014 points to trade at 0.086 in late trade. Buenaventura (LM:BVN) declined 12.50% or 0.950 points to end at 6.650 and Milpo (LM:MIL) shed 8.73% or 0.220 points to 2.300.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 3 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 3.87% or 1.82 to $45.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 5.09% or 2.66 to hit $49.55 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.87% or 9.50 to trade at $1085.60 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.05% to 3.1875, while EUR/PEN rose 0.03% to 3.5085.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 97.60.