Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA), which rose 2.27% or 0.150 points to trade at 6.750 at the close. Meanwhile, Intergroup (LM:IFS) added 1.21% or 0.400 points to end at 33.400 and Casa Grande (LM:CSG) was up 1.18% or 0.080 points to 6.850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which fell 6.31% or 0.800 points to trade at 11.880 at the close. Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) declined 5.66% or 0.030 points to end at 0.500 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was down 4.71% or 0.040 points to 0.810.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 14 to 8 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA) rose to 3-years highs; up 2.27% or 0.150 to 6.750. Shares in Intergroup (LM:IFS) rose to 3-years highs; rising 1.21% or 0.400 to 33.400.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.23% or 1.20 to $52.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.27% or 1.28 to hit $55.08 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.20% or 14.95 to trade at $1235.05 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.75% to 3.2840, while EUR/PEN fell 0.16% to 3.4421.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 102.17.