Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Banking & Financials and Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.44% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Atacocha (LM:ATB), which rose 1.33% or 0.004 points to trade at 0.304 at the close. Alicorp (LM:ALI) added 1.22% or 0.090 points to end at 7.450 and Luz Del Sur (LM:LUZ) was up 0.86% or 0.100 points to 11.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which lost 7.22% or 0.014 points to trade at 0.180 in late trade. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 3.75% or 0.030 points to end at 0.770 and Buenaventura (LM:BVN) shed 2.70% or 0.340 points to 12.230.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 6 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.53% or 0.76 to $50.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $52.59 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.95% or 12.05 to trade at $1256.55 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.4080, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.8065.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.55% at 96.66.