Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Non-Metal Minerals and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which rose 7.41% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.450 at the close. Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) added 2.93% or 0.060 points to end at 2.110 and Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi) was up 2.11% or 0.360 points to 17.410 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which unchanged 4.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.05 in late trade. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 3.85% or 0.010 points to end at 0.250 and Minsur (LM:MINi) shed 2.06% or 0.030 points to 1.430.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 11 to 10 and 15 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.20% or 0.57 to $47.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $49.95 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.10% or 14.06 to trade at $1296.76 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2670, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.6768.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 96.50.