Investing.com – Peru equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, S&P Lima Juniors and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb), which rose 4.17% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.750 at the close. Minsur (LM:MINi) added 2.74% or 0.040 points to end at 1.500 and Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO) was up 2.42% or 0.170 points to 7.180 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Casa Grande (LM:CSG), which lost 4.29% or 0.300 points to trade at 6.700 in late trade. Sider (LM:SID) declined 2.94% or 0.010 points to end at 0.330 and Panoro (LM:PML) shed 2.78% or 0.004 points to 0.140.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 13 to 12 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.06% or 1.06 to $52.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.19% or 1.19 to hit $55.52 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.18% or 2.10 to trade at $1164.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.18% to 3.4005, while EUR/PEN rose 0.26% to 3.6082.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 101.03.