Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Non-Metal Minerals, Mining and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 1.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which rose 10.48% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.160 at the close. Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA) added 10.00% or 0.600 points to end at 6.600 and Edegel (LM:EDE) was up 6.38% or 0.150 points to 2.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Relapasa (LM:REL), which lost 4.35% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.220 in late trade. Inretail Peru (LM:INR) declined 1.24% or 0.240 points to end at 19.150 and Casa Grande (LM:CSG) shed 1.17% or 0.080 points to 6.770.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 19 to 6 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.57% or 0.31 to $53.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.37% or 0.21 to hit $56.30 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.25 to trade at $1249.65 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.21% to 3.2580, while EUR/PEN fell 0.56% to 3.4476.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 101.75.