Peru stocks lower at close of trade; S&P Lima General down 0.14%

Peru stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Food&Beverages and Industrials sectors led shares lower.At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.14% to hit a new 1-month low.The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which rose 1.27% or 0.002 points to trade at 0.160 at the close. Meanwhile, Buenaventura (LM:BVN) added 0.88% or 0.040 points to end at 4.600 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) was up 0.83% or 0.001 points to 0.121 in late trade.The worst performers of the session were Edegel (LM:EDE), which fell 12.18% or 0.380 points to trade at 2.740 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 11.03% or 0.032 points to end at 0.258 and Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO) was down 6.82% or 0.300 points to 4.400.Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 8 to 7 and 11 ended unchanged.Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.05% or 0.02 to $40.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.47% or 0.64 to hit $44.21 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.08% or 0.90 to trade at $1069.50 a troy ounce.USD/PEN was up 0.31% to 3.3525, while EUR/PEN rose 0.25% to 3.5655.The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 99.66.