Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Food&Beverages, Industrials and S&P Lima Juniors sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.16% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO), which rose 5.88% or 0.500 points to trade at 9.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Bco Continenta (LM:CON) added 1.67% or 0.070 points to end at 4.270 and Alicorp (LM:ALI) was up 1.47% or 0.170 points to 11.730 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which fell 14.62% or 0.019 points to trade at 0.111 at the close. Candente Copper (LM:DNT) declined 7.94% or 0.0050 points to end at 0.0580 and Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi) was down 6.52% or 1.500 points to 21.500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 21 to 8 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM) fell to 5-year lows; falling 14.62% or 0.019 to 0.111.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 5.66% or 3.71 to $69.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 3.78% or 2.76 to hit $75.81 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1271.10 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.31% to 3.2680, while EUR/PEN rose 0.03% to 3.8066.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 94.19.
