Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as in the sectors led shares .
At the close in Lima, the Lima Stock Exchange General unchanged 0.00% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Lima Stock Exchange General were Casa Grande (LM:CSG), which rose 2.73% or 0.150 points to trade at 5.650 at the close. Meanwhile, Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) added 1.54% or 0.010 points to end at 0.650 and Intergroup (LM:IFS) was up 0.88% or 0.250 points to 28.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sider (LM:SID), which fell 5.26% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.180 at the close. Minsur (LM:MINi) declined 3.88% or 0.050 points to end at 1.240 and Inretail Peru (LM:INR) was down 3.04% or 0.450 points to 14.800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 18 to 6 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Minsur (LM:MINi) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.88% or 0.050 to 1.240.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 3.45% or 2.10 to $58.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 3.41% or 2.31 to hit $65.46 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.62% or 7.40 to trade at $1182.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.38% to 3.1550, while EUR/PEN rose 1.07% to 3.5741.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.57% at 94.73.