Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Non-Metal Minerals, Industrials and S&P Lima Juniors sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Atacocha (LM:ATB), which rose 1.22% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.415 at the close. Meanwhile, Relapasa (LM:REL) added 0.54% or 0.001 points to end at 0.185 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was up 0.51% or 0.004 points to 0.790 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which fell 5.24% or 0.130 points to trade at 2.350 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 3.28% or 0.020 points to end at 0.590 and Unacem (LM:CEL) was down 2.87% or 0.080 points to 2.710.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 14 to 13 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.34% or 0.23 to $66.71 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $71.98 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1220.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.02% to 3.2683, while EUR/PEN fell 0.22% to 3.7814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 95.46.