Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Food & Beverages and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which rose 3.39% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.220 at the close. Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC) added 2.50% or 1.30 points to end at 53.30 and Buenaventura (LM:BVN) was up 2.43% or 0.380 points to 16.030 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Minsur (LM:MINi), which lost 3.89% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.730 in late trade. Unacem (LM:CEL) declined 2.73% or 0.080 points to end at 2.850 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) shed 2.30% or 0.040 points to 1.700.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 11 and 12 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.76% or 0.48 to $64.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.48% or 0.32 to hit $67.36 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.50 to trade at $1334.80 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.02% to 3.2485, while EUR/PEN fell 0.02% to 3.9957.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 89.75.