Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Non-Metal Minerals and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.44% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Casa Grande (LM:CSG), which rose 3.17% or 0.200 points to trade at 6.500 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) added 1.74% or 0.020 points to end at 1.170 and Inretail Peru (LM:INR) was up 1.65% or 0.350 points to 21.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Andino Investment Holding SAA (LM:AIH), which lost 7.50% or 0.150 points to trade at 1.850 in late trade. Candente Copper (LM:DNT) declined 5.17% or 0.0060 points to end at 0.1100 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) shed 4.17% or 0.100 points to 2.300.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 15 to 12 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.04% or 0.02 to $56.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.60% or 0.38 to hit $63.14 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.61 to trade at $1277.81 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.08% to 3.2400, while EUR/PEN rose 0.06% to 3.7778.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 94.40.