Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Mining and Banking & Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which rose 2.44% or 0.080 points to trade at 3.360 at the close. Meanwhile, Sider (LM:SID) added 1.54% or 0.005 points to end at 0.330 and Intergroup (LM:IFS) was up 1.23% or 0.400 points to 33.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which fell 2.81% or 0.380 points to trade at 13.150 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 2.78% or 0.030 points to end at 1.050 and Luz Del Sur (LM:LUZ) was down 2.39% or 0.300 points to 12.250.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 15 to 11 and 9 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.04% or 0.02 to $53.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $55.74 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 5.15 to trade at $1236.45 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.38% to 3.2610, while EUR/PEN rose 0.07% to 3.4638.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 100.89.