Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Mining and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.41% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi), which rose 6.78% or 1.460 points to trade at 23.000 at the close. Meanwhile, PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) unchanged 4.29% or 0.00 points to end at 0.07 and Sider (LM:SID) was up 1.49% or 0.010 points to 0.680 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atacocha (LM:ATB), which fell 4.46% or 0.021 points to trade at 0.450 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 3.66% or 0.030 points to end at 0.790 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was down 3.00% or 0.030 points to 0.970.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 13 to 10 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.78% or 1.460 to 23.000. Shares in Trevali Mining (LM:TV) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.66% or 0.030 to 0.790.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.15% or 0.10 to $65.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $73.09 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 5.50 to trade at $1269.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.11% to 3.2745, while EUR/PEN rose 0.07% to 3.8053.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 94.54.