Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.44% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Andino Investment Holding SAA (LM:AIH), which rose 6.67% or 0.130 points to trade at 2.540 at the close. Sider (LM:SID) added 2.22% or 0.010 points to end at 0.460 and Relapasa (LM:REL) was up 1.40% or 0.004 points to 0.290 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.06 in late trade. Rimac Seguros y Reaseguros (LM:RSR) declined 2.70% or 0.040 points to end at 1.440 and Intergroup (LM:IFS) shed 2.50% or 1.050 points to 41.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 6 and 15 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.29% or 0.18 to $62.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $66.14 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.30 to trade at $1316.60 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.05% to 3.2737, while EUR/PEN rose 0.56% to 4.0387.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 89.47.