Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Non-Metal Minerals, Industrials and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which rose 1.69% or 0.020 points to trade at 1.200 at the close. Candente Copper (LM:DNT) added 1.56% or 0.0020 points to end at 0.1300 and PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) was unchanged 1.47% or 0.00 points to 0.07 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO), which lost 4.17% or 0.500 points to trade at 11.500 in late trade. Unacem (LM:CEL) declined 1.68% or 0.050 points to end at 2.930 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) shed 1.59% or 0.050 points to 3.100.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 9 and 12 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.70% or 0.40 to $56.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.30% or 0.19 to hit $63.50 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 5.50 to trade at $1281.30 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.02% to 3.2422, while EUR/PEN rose 0.14% to 3.7585.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 94.75.