Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Electricity, Services and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which rose 7.69% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.07 at the close. Relapasa (LM:REL) added 3.48% or 0.012 points to end at 0.357 and Panoro (LM:PML) was up 3.12% or 0.010 points to 0.330 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unacem (LM:CEL), which lost 1.36% or 0.040 points to trade at 2.900 in late trade. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) declined 1.15% or 0.070 points to end at 6.030 and Sider (LM:SID) shed 1.03% or 0.005 points to 0.480.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 14 to 13 and 14 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.32% or 1.43 to $63.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.74% or 1.18 to hit $68.96 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 6.50 to trade at $1313.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.16% to 3.2205, while EUR/PEN fell 0.37% to 3.8393.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 92.23.