Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Non-Metal Minerals, S&P Lima Juniors and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Atacocha (LM:ATB), which rose 2.56% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.400 at the close. Buenaventura (LM:BVN) added 2.25% or 0.290 points to end at 13.190 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was up 1.27% or 0.010 points to 0.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which lost 5.56% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.170 in late trade. Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) declined 4.76% or 0.150 points to end at 3.000 and Sider (LM:SID) shed 3.68% or 0.013 points to 0.340.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 15 to 11 and 12 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.01% or 1.05 to $53.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.34% or 1.27 to hit $55.43 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.50% or 5.95 to trade at $1207.45 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.55% to 3.2974, while EUR/PEN fell 0.82% to 3.5212.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 100.81.