Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Non-Metal Minerals, Industrials and Banking & Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Volcan Compania Minera SAA (LM:VOLa), which rose 4.21% or 0.160 points to trade at 3.960 at the close. Meanwhile, PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) unchanged 3.64% or 0.00 points to end at 0.06 and Panoro (LM:PML) was up 3.23% or 0.010 points to 0.320 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which fell 4.76% or 0.150 points to trade at 3.000 at the close. Corporacion Aceros Arequipa SA (LM:ARE) declined 3.90% or 0.030 points to end at 0.740 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) was down 2.94% or 0.020 points to 0.660.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 16 to 15 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Volcan Compania Minera SAA (LM:VOLa) rose to 3-years highs; up 4.21% or 0.160 to 3.960. Shares in Panoro (LM:PML) rose to 3-years highs; rising 3.23% or 0.010 to 0.320.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.59% or 0.29 to $49.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $55.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.88% or 11.19 to trade at $1286.09 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2730, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.8460.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.55.