Peru shares lower at close of trade; S&P Lima General down 1.36%

Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors , Banking & Financials and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 1.36% to hit a new 1-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were PPX Mining Corp (LM: PPX ), which unchanged 5.63% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.07 at the close. Atacocha (LM: ATB ) added 3.57% or 0.020 points to end at 0.580 and Sider (LM: SID ) was up 2.63% or 0.020 points to 0.780 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Candente Copper (LM: DNT ), which lost 16.00% or 0.0120 points to trade at 0.0630 in late trade. Panoro (LM: PML ) declined 6.05% or 0.015 points to end at 0.233 and Grana Y Monter (LM: GRA ) shed 3.23% or 0.070 points to 2.100.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 7 and 12 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.49% or 1.01 to $66.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $75.60 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 5.40 to trade at $1298.30 a troy ounce.

USD/PEN was up 0.31% to 3.2807, while EUR/PEN fell 0.39% to 3.7875.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 94.81.