Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Non-Metal Minerals and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Relapasa (LM:REL), which rose 4.17% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.250 at the close. Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) added 2.98% or 0.080 points to end at 2.760 and Corporacion Aceros Arequipa SA (LM:ARE) was up 2.90% or 0.020 points to 0.710 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which lost 8.45% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.07 in late trade. Candente Copper (LM:DNT) declined 6.25% or 0.0050 points to end at 0.0750 and Trevali Mining (LM:TV) shed 5.00% or 0.060 points to 1.140.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 14 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.28% or 1.10 to $49.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $55.09 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.70 to trade at $1328.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2405, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.8466.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 92.39.