Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, S&P Lima Juniors and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.97% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Edegel (LM:EDE), which rose 2.50% or 0.050 points to trade at 2.050 at the close. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) added 2.16% or 0.130 points to end at 6.140 and Bolsa de Valores de Lima SAA (LM:BVL) was up 0.59% or 0.020 points to 3.420 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which lost 9.00% or 0.0090 points to trade at 0.0910 in late trade. Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG) declined 8.28% or 0.130 points to end at 1.440 and Minsur (LM:MINi) shed 5.73% or 0.110 points to 1.810.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 7 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.92% or 1.68 to $55.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 2.66% or 1.67 to hit $61.19 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.50 to trade at $1266.40 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.06% to 3.2337, while EUR/PEN fell 0.18% to 3.8176.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 93.53.