Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Non-Metal Minerals and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Panoro (LM:PML), which rose 5.16% or 0.013 points to trade at 0.265 at the close. Alicorp (LM:ALI) added 2.94% or 0.340 points to end at 11.890 and Buenaventura (LM:BVN) was up 1.70% or 0.270 points to 16.110 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which lost 6.67% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.07 in late trade. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 4.30% or 0.040 points to end at 0.890 and Sider (LM:SID) shed 4.11% or 0.030 points to 0.700.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 10 and 15 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.87% or 1.21 to $65.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $77.32 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1301.30 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.17% to 3.2618, while EUR/PEN rose 0.45% to 3.8517.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 93.43.