Peru stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Food&Beverages and Banking&Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Unacem (LM:CEL), which rose 1.86% or 0.040 points to trade at 2.190 at the close. Meanwhile, Luz Del Sur (LM:LUZ) added 1.80% or 0.210 points to end at 11.860 and Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG) was up 1.63% or 0.020 points to 1.250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Panoro (LM:PML), which fell 17.39% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.190 at the close. Sider (LM:SID) declined 8.47% or 0.050 points to end at 0.540 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was down 7.89% or 0.060 points to 0.700.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 26 to 6 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) fell to 52-week lows; falling 7.89% or 0.060 to 0.700.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 3.12% or 2.34 to $72.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.08% or 0.07 to hit $82.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 6.60 to trade at $1198.10 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.03% to 3.3298, while EUR/PEN rose 0.57% to 3.8428.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 95.22.
