Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Mining and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 1.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA), which rose 3.04% or 0.230 points to trade at 7.800 at the close. Bco Continenta (LM:CON) added 2.41% or 0.100 points to end at 4.250 and Panoro (LM:PML) was up 1.96% or 0.005 points to 0.260 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Andino Investment Holding SAA (LM:AIH), which lost 8.93% or 0.250 points to trade at 2.550 in late trade. Sider (LM:SID) declined 3.43% or 0.016 points to end at 0.450 and Credicorp (LM:BAP) shed 3.33% or 7.50 points to 217.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 10 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.50% or 0.98 to $64.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $68.83 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 7.40 to trade at $1328.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.12% to 3.2446, while EUR/PEN fell 0.04% to 3.9934.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 89.47.