The Lima Stock Exchange's General Index declined 1.81% to end at 20,871.12. The blue-chip Selective Index ended 1.35% lower at 30,081.69.

Financial holding company Credicorp Ltd. fell 0.31% to end at $123.87. It owns Peru's largest bank, Banco de Credito.

Precious metals miner Compania de Minas Buenaventura SAA fell 3.35% to end at $35.51, on a decline in the price of gold.

Base metals miner Southern Copper Corp. lost 3.80% to end at $29.10, on weaker copper prices, while copper miner Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde SAA eased down by 1.84% at end at $37.30.

Meanwhile, the sol closed slightly stronger at PEN2.668 per U.S. dollar, compared with PEN2.669 in the previous session.

So far this year, the sol has appreciated 1.08% against the greenback, Dow Jones Newswires reported.

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