Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Non-Metal Minerals, Food & Beverages and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.20% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which rose 12.50% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.540 at the close. Relapasa (LM:REL) added 5.88% or 0.010 points to end at 0.180 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) was up 2.86% or 0.010 points to 0.360 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which lost 6.42% or 0.007 points to trade at 0.102 in late trade. Buenaventura (LM:BVN) declined 2.80% or 0.340 points to end at 11.810 and Candente Copper (LM:DNT) shed 1.82% or 0.0010 points to 0.0540.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 10 and 10 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.69% or 0.45 to $65.46 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $71.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.00 to trade at $1181.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.18% to 3.3120, while EUR/PEN fell 0.36% to 3.7612.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.48.