Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Banking & Financials and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which rose 3.12% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.650 at the close. Meanwhile, Candente Copper (LM:DNT) added 2.17% or 0.0010 points to end at 0.0470 and PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) was unchanged 2.00% or 0.00 points to 0.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which fell 4.17% or 0.006 points to trade at 0.138 at the close. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 3.70% or 0.010 points to end at 0.260 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was down 2.41% or 0.020 points to 0.810.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 16 to 9 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.12% or 0.050 to 1.650. Shares in Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM) fell to 3-years lows; falling 4.17% or 0.006 to 0.138.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.44% or 0.20 to $45.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.13% or 0.06 to hit $47.96 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 2.85 to trade at $1224.55 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2535, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.7182.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 95.58.