Peru shares lower at close of trade; S&P Lima General down 0.32%

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

At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.32%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Andino Investment Holding SAA (LM: AIH ), which rose 2.63% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.950 at the close. Alicorp (LM: ALI ) added 1.35% or 0.150 points to end at 11.250 and Grana Y Monter (LM: GRA ) was up 1.27% or 0.020 points to 1.600 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM: POM ), which lost 14.49% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.118 in late trade. Relapasa (LM: REL ) declined 3.23% or 0.010 points to end at 0.300 and Cerro Verde (LM: CVE ) shed 2.76% or 0.800 points to 28.200.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 15 to 7 and 15 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.06% or 0.66 to $61.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $64.97 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1323.50 a troy ounce.

USD/PEN was up 0.02% to 3.2600, while EUR/PEN fell 0.08% to 4.0140.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 89.89.