Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Banking & Financials and S&P Lima Juniors sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which rose 3.64% or 0.004 points to trade at 0.114 at the close. Meanwhile, Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) added 0.16% or 0.040 points to end at 24.550 and Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 7.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which fell 8.33% or 0.0050 points to trade at 0.0550 at the close. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 7.18% or 0.014 points to end at 0.181 and Trevali Mining (LM:TV) was down 5.36% or 0.030 points to 0.530.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 22 to 4 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Trevali Mining (LM:TV) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.36% or 0.030 to 0.530.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.33% or 0.22 to $67.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $72.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.52% or 18.50 to trade at $1200.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.21% to 3.2875, while EUR/PEN rose 0.21% to 3.7460.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 96.16.