Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Food & Beverages and Banking & Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi), which rose 3.85% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.540 at the close. Meanwhile, Sider (LM:SID) added 2.86% or 0.010 points to end at 0.360 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was up 2.35% or 0.020 points to 0.870 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which fell 6.88% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.490 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 4.72% or 0.050 points to end at 1.010 and Volcan Compania Minera SAA (LM:VOLa) was down 2.50% or 0.050 points to 1.950.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 16 to 11 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.85% or 0.40 to $46.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $49.28 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.68 to trade at $1243.68 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2081, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.7302.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 94.08.