Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Non-Metal Minerals and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Milpo (LM:MIL), which rose 2.59% or 0.090 points to trade at 3.570 at the close. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) added 2.52% or 0.180 points to end at 7.330 and Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA) was up 0.78% or 0.050 points to 6.450 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which lost 4.62% or 0.600 points to trade at 12.400 in late trade. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 2.47% or 0.010 points to end at 0.395 and Trevali Mining (LM:TV) shed 2.27% or 0.020 points to 0.860.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 13 to 11 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.13% or 0.07 to $53.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $56.81 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.73% or 8.60 to trade at $1172.70 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.28% to 3.3775, while EUR/PEN fell 0.12% to 3.5656.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.80% at 102.20.