Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Mining and S&P Lima Juniors sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which rose 1.57% or 0.090 points to trade at 5.830 at the close. Edelnor (LM:EDN) added 0.90% or 0.050 points to end at 5.600 and Luz Del Sur (LM:LUZ) was up 0.43% or 0.050 points to 11.750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which lost 3.90% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.740 in late trade. Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM) declined 3.16% or 0.006 points to end at 0.184 and Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) shed 2.16% or 0.400 points to 18.100.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 12 to 12 and 10 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.89% or 0.44 to $49.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $50.34 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.19% or 2.40 to trade at $1269.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.16% to 3.3766, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.6801.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 98.92.