Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Services and Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.14% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Alicorp (LM:ALI), which rose 1.96% or 0.200 points to trade at 10.420 at the close. Unacem (LM:CEL) added 1.72% or 0.050 points to end at 2.960 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was up 1.53% or 0.030 points to 1.990 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Edegel (LM:EDE), which lost 4.76% or 0.100 points to trade at 2.000 in late trade. Milpo (LM:MIL) declined 3.50% or 0.160 points to end at 4.410 and PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) 2.82% or 0.00 points to 0.07.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 9 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.10% or 0.63 to $57.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.02% or 1.28 to hit $64.68 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.38% or 4.80 to trade at $1243.60 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.20% to 3.2426, while EUR/PEN rose 0.25% to 3.8151.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.94.