Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Services, Electricity and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.05% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Panoro (LM:PML), which rose 6.55% or 0.018 points to trade at 0.293 at the close. Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) added 5.38% or 0.100 points to end at 1.960 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) was up 3.17% or 0.020 points to 0.650 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which unchanged 5.63% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.07 in late trade. Minsur (LM:MINi) declined 4.42% or 0.080 points to end at 1.730 and Enel Distribucion Peru SAA (LM:ENE) shed 3.98% or 0.230 points to 5.550.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 20 to 11 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.16% or 0.65 to $56.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.49% or 0.91 to hit $62.13 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.33% or 16.90 to trade at $1249.20 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.05% to 3.2353, while EUR/PEN fell 0.06% to 3.8152.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 93.75.