Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Mining and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 1.28% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Relapasa (LM:REL), which rose 15.11% or 0.021 points to trade at 0.160 at the close. Atacocha (LM:ATB) added 10.00% or 0.020 points to end at 0.220 and Casa Grande (LM:CSG) was up 9.52% or 0.600 points to 6.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which lost 10.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.900 in late trade. Inretail Peru (LM:INR) declined 2.32% or 0.330 points to end at 13.900 and Credicorp (LM:BAP) shed 1.47% or 1.900 points to 127.200.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 30 to 4 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 5.65% or 2.03 to $37.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 5.19% or 2.01 to hit $40.73 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.22% or 2.80 to trade at $1267.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.00% to 3.4554, while EUR/PEN fell 0.46% to 3.7861.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 97.09.