Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, S&P Lima Juniors and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO), which rose 4.35% or 0.250 points to trade at 6.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA) added 1.82% or 0.090 points to end at 5.040 and Unacem (LM:CEL) was up 1.76% or 0.030 points to 1.730 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC), which fell 3.70% or 1.00 points to trade at 26.00 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 3.57% or 0.010 points to end at 0.270 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was down 3.51% or 0.100 points to 2.750.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 17 to 8 and 8 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.99% or 0.38 to $37.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.14% or 0.88 to hit $40.19 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 1.17% or 14.70 to trade at $1272.10 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.67% to 3.4404, while EUR/PEN fell 0.63% to 3.7768.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.03% at 96.19.