Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Non-Metal Minerals, Industrials and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Cerro Verde (LM:CVE), which rose 4.65% or 1.000 points to trade at 22.500 at the close. Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) added 3.90% or 0.090 points to end at 2.400 and Edegel (LM:EDE) was up 3.02% or 0.060 points to 2.050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which lost 1.79% or 0.0010 points to trade at 0.0550 in late trade. Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) declined 1.33% or 0.010 points to end at 0.740 and Credicorp (LM:BAP) shed 0.87% or 2.00 points to 227.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 10 to 8 and 18 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.33% or 0.23 to $70.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.55% or 0.41 to hit $74.86 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 4.80 to trade at $1241.80 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.13% to 3.2687, while EUR/PEN fell 0.18% to 3.8173.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.44.