Peru shares lower at close of trade; S&P Lima General down 0.20%

Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining , Food & Beverages and Services sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.20%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Andino Investment Holding SAA (LM: AIH ), which rose 17.65% or 0.450 points to trade at 3.000 at the close. Grana Y Monter (LM: GRA ) added 5.53% or 0.100 points to end at 1.910 and Panoro (LM: PML ) was up 1.24% or 0.003 points to 0.245 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Candente Copper (LM: DNT ), which lost 12.50% or 0.0100 points to trade at 0.0700 in late trade. PPX Mining Corp (LM: PPX ) unchanged 6.67% or 0.00 points to end at 0.06 and Compania Minera Milpo SAA Class I (LM: MILi ) shed 4.32% or 0.140 points to 3.100.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Lima Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.79% or 0.51 to $64.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $69.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1325.00 a troy ounce.

USD/PEN was up 0.15% to 3.2262, while EUR/PEN rose 0.31% to 3.9771.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 89.75.