Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Industrials and Non-Metal Minerals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 1.40%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Sider (LM:SID), which rose 2.50% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.369 at the close. Meanwhile, ENGIE Energia Peru SA (LM:ENGI) added 1.02% or 0.080 points to end at 7.900 and Panoro (LM:PML) was up 0.83% or 0.001 points to 0.121 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Minera Irl (LM:IRL), which fell 6.59% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.09 at the close. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 5.66% or 0.015 points to end at 0.250 and Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC) was down 4.88% or 1.76 points to 34.29.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 24 to 4 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Atacocha (LM:ATB) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.66% or 0.015 to 0.250.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.03% or 0.46 to $44.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.11% or 0.05 to hit $46.79 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.55% or 19.78 to trade at $1256.12 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2775, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.6512.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 97.50.