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

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

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

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Edegel (LM: EDE ), which rose 3.45% or 0.070 points to trade at 2.100 at the close. Candente Copper (LM: DNT ) added 1.82% or 0.0010 points to end at 0.0560 and Ferreyros (LM: FER ) was up 1.72% or 0.040 points to 2.360 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Trevali Mining (LM: TV ), which lost 4.62% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.620 in late trade. Minsur (LM: MINi ) declined 3.47% or 0.050 points to end at 1.390 and Sider (LM: SID ) shed 2.78% or 0.020 points to 0.700.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 12 to 8 and 15 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.41% or 0.28 to $68.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $72.58 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 5.40 to trade at $1222.50 a troy ounce.

USD/PEN was up 0.15% to 3.2745, while EUR/PEN fell 0.18% to 3.8058.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.98.