Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Food & Beverages and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Milpo (LM:MIL), which rose 0.98% or 0.050 points to trade at 5.150 at the close. Intergroup (LM:IFS) added 0.60% or 0.250 points to end at 41.750 and Alicorp (LM:ALI) was up 0.43% or 0.050 points to 11.650 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Panoro (LM:PML), which lost 7.41% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.250 in late trade. PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) unchanged 2.63% or 0.00 points to end at 0.07 and Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO) shed 2.00% or 0.200 points to 9.800.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 5 and 15 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.01% or 0.01 to $70.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $78.10 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 2.13% or 28.10 to trade at $1290.10 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.63% to 3.2775, while EUR/PEN fell 0.58% to 3.8801.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.64% at 93.14.