Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Electricity, Services and Banking & Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Cerro Verde (LM:CVE), which rose 4.58% or 1.248 points to trade at 28.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) added 3.85% or 0.080 points to end at 2.160 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) was up 2.63% or 0.020 points to 0.780 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atacocha (LM:ATB), which fell 3.51% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.550 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 3.03% or 0.030 points to end at 0.960 and Edegel (LM:EDE) was down 2.75% or 0.050 points to 1.770.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 14 to 13 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.51% or 0.34 to $67.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $72.16 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.65% or 22.50 to trade at $1337.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.23% to 3.2250, while EUR/PEN fell 0.54% to 3.9806.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 89.49.