Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Food & Beverages and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Panoro (LM:PML) added 1.13% or 0.003 points to end at 0.268 and Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 10.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Andino Investment Holding SAA (LM:AIH), which fell 7.41% or 0.200 points to trade at 2.500 at the close. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 3.57% or 0.020 points to end at 0.540 and Casa Grande (LM:CSG) was down 3.33% or 0.180 points to 5.220.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 16 to 11 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) unchanged to 52-week highs; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 0.07. Shares in Casa Grande (LM:CSG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.33% or 0.180 to 5.220.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.81% or 0.55 to $68.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $73.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 7.20 to trade at $1312.80 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.17% to 3.2730, while EUR/PEN rose 0.22% to 3.9271.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 92.28.