Peru shares lower at close of trade; S&P Lima General down 0.18%

Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking & Financials , Industrials and Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.18%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Aceros Arequip (LM: AREi ), which rose 2.98% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.690 at the close. Backus Johnsto (LM: BKJi ) added 2.98% or 0.650 points to end at 22.450 and Atacocha (LM: ATB ) was up 2.19% or 0.009 points to 0.419 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Andino Investment Holding SAA (LM: AIH ), which lost 6.93% or 0.067 points to trade at 0.900 in late trade. Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM: BRO ) declined 6.91% or 0.450 points to end at 6.060 and Candente Copper (LM: DNT ) shed 5.26% or 0.0030 points to 0.0540.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 14 to 8 and 12 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.08% or 1.47 to $72.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $80.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.10 to trade at $1203.40 a troy ounce.

USD/PEN was up 0.17% to 3.2954, while EUR/PEN fell 0.11% to 3.8732.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.85.