Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, 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 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Panoro (LM:PML), which rose 1.69% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. ENGIE Energia Peru SA (LM:ENGI) added 1.30% or 0.090 points to end at 6.990 and Bco Continenta (LM:CON) was up 0.23% or 0.010 points to 4.320 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Corporacion Aceros Arequipa SA (LM:ARE), which lost 2.22% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.880 in late trade. Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) declined 1.67% or 0.020 points to end at 1.180 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) shed 1.35% or 0.010 points to 0.730.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 6 to 5 and 21 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.35% or 0.83 to $62.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.06% or 0.69 to hit $65.53 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.54% or 7.30 to trade at $1348.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2505, while EUR/PEN rose 0.05% to 4.0334.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 89.08.