Peru stocks lower at close of trade; S&P Lima General down 0.15%

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Peru stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Industrials and Banking&Financials sectors led shares lower.At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.15%.The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Minsur (LM:MINi), which rose 7.14% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.750 at the close. Meanwhile, Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) added 5.00% or 0.019 points to end at 0.399 and Milpo (LM:MIL) was up 5.00% or 0.080 points to 1.680 in late trade.The worst performers of the session were Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which fell 3.51% or 0.190 points to trade at 5.230 at the close. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 2.61% or 0.003 points to end at 0.112 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was down 1.53% or 0.040 points to 2.580.Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 16 to 9 and 9 ended unchanged.Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.57% or 0.19 to $32.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.20% or 0.07 to hit $35.22 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.24% or 15.30 to trade at $1223.50 a troy ounce.USD/PEN was down 0.16% to 3.5225, while EUR/PEN fell 0.49% to 3.8890.The US Dollar Index was up 0.68% at 98.10.