Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Services and Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi), which rose 1.82% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.560 at the close. Meanwhile, Bco Continenta (LM:CON) added 1.20% or 0.050 points to end at 4.220 and Ferreyros (LM:FER) was up 1.03% or 0.020 points to 1.970 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi), which fell 6.70% or 1.260 points to trade at 17.550 at the close. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 3.85% or 0.005 points to end at 0.125 and ENGIE Energia Peru SA (LM:ENGI) was down 3.70% or 0.300 points to 7.800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 15 to 10 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.35% or 0.18 to $51.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $53.85 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 3.01 to trade at $1258.51 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.18% to 3.2733, while EUR/PEN rose 0.30% to 3.6723.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 96.95.