Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Non-Metal Minerals and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Milpo (LM:MIL), which rose 6.04% or 0.310 points to trade at 5.440 at the close. Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) added 2.04% or 0.600 points to end at 30.000 and Relapasa (LM:REL) was up 1.59% or 0.005 points to 0.320 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Minsur (LM:MINi), which lost 3.85% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.750 in late trade. PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) unchanged 3.17% or 0.00 points to end at 0.06 and Buenaventura (LM:BVN) shed 2.80% or 0.450 points to 15.600.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 14 to 10 and 15 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.54% or 0.33 to $61.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.95% or 0.61 to hit $64.94 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.38% or 5.10 to trade at $1350.20 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.17% to 3.2505, while EUR/PEN fell 0.48% to 4.0314.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 89.02.