Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Mining and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 1.48% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Ferreyros (LM:FER), which rose 1.56% or 0.020 points to trade at 1.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM) added 0.57% or 0.001 points to end at 0.175 and Edegel (LM:EDE) was up 0.37% or 0.010 points to 2.720 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Corporacion Aceros Arequipa SA (LM:ARE), which fell 5.95% or 0.025 points to trade at 0.395 at the close. Inversiones Centenario SAA (LM:ICE) declined 5.74% or 0.350 points to end at 5.750 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) was down 3.33% or 0.010 points to 0.290.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 20 to 5 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Inversiones Centenario SAA (LM:ICE) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.74% or 0.350 to 5.750.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.95% or 1.27 to $41.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.26% or 0.57 to hit $44.88 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.32% or 14.10 to trade at $1055.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.33% to 3.3675, while EUR/PEN fell 0.30% to 3.5754.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 100.05.