Peru shares lower at close of trade; S&P Lima General down 0.33%

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

At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.33%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Panoro (LM: PML ), which rose 8.93% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.122 at the close. Grana Y Monter (LM: GRA ) added 6.17% or 0.100 points to end at 1.720 and Relapasa (LM: REL ) was up 5.00% or 0.011 points to 0.231 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Southern Copper Corp (LM: SPC ), which lost 4.06% or 1.48 points to trade at 34.95 in late trade. Backus Johnsto (LM: BKJi ) declined 3.31% or 0.510 points to end at 14.900 and Ferreyros (LM: FER ) shed 2.10% or 0.040 points to 1.860.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 13 to 11 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.27% or 0.13 to $47.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $51.03 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 5.75 to trade at $1254.25 a troy ounce.

USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2520, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.5257.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 99.03.