Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Food & Beverages and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 3.09% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to trade at 1.500 at the close. Edegel (LM:EDE) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 2.000 and Panoro (LM:PML) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 0.278 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Andino Investment Holding SAA (LM:AIH), which lost 8.82% or 0.150 points to trade at 1.550 in late trade. Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) declined 8.22% or 0.060 points to end at 0.670 and Candente Copper (LM:DNT) shed 8.16% or 0.0080 points to 0.0900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 31 to 2 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.06% or 0.60 to $57.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.65% or 1.03 to hit $63.47 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 6.30 to trade at $1254.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.32% to 3.2430, while EUR/PEN rose 0.44% to 3.8182.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 93.62.