Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Banking & Financials and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb), which rose 2.21% or 0.030 points to trade at 1.390 at the close. Meanwhile, Compania Minera Milpo SAA Class I (LM:MILi) added 2.09% or 0.070 points to end at 3.420 and Relapasa (LM:REL) was up 1.47% or 0.005 points to 0.345 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which fell 8.45% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.07 at the close. Buenaventura (LM:BVN) declined 3.77% or 0.560 points to end at 14.310 and Sider (LM:SID) was down 2.02% or 0.010 points to 0.485.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 19 to 13 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.76% or 0.47 to $61.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.38% or 0.26 to hit $67.88 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1321.30 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.19% to 3.2155, while EUR/PEN fell 0.33% to 3.8536.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 92.08.