Peru shares lower at close of trade; S&P Lima General down 1.75%

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

At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 1.75% to hit a new 1-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Casa Grande (LM: CSG ), which rose 0.18% or 0.010 points to trade at 5.660 at the close. Compania Minera Milpo SAA Class I (LM: MILi ) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 3.600 and Ferreyros (LM: FER ) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 2.570 in late trade.

Biggest losers included ENGIE Energia Peru SA (LM: ENGI ), which lost 6.07% or 0.440 points to trade at 6.810 in late trade. Credicorp (LM: BAP ) declined 4.60% or 10.18 points to end at 210.90 and PPX Mining Corp (LM: PPX ) 3.03% or 0.00 points to 0.06.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 1 and 17 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 2.23% or 1.38 to $60.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.89% or 1.24 to hit $64.27 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 5.50 to trade at $1320.10 a troy ounce.

USD/PEN was up 0.38% to 3.2620, while EUR/PEN fell 0.16% to 3.9808.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 90.20.