Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, S&P Lima Juniors and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.24% to hit a new 3-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Alicorp (LM:ALI), which rose 3.98% or 0.450 points to trade at 11.750 at the close. Panoro (LM:PML) added 2.48% or 0.008 points to end at 0.331 and Bco Continenta (LM:CON) was up 1.62% or 0.070 points to 4.380 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which lost 4.51% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.270 in late trade. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 4.11% or 0.030 points to end at 0.700 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) shed 2.70% or 0.020 points to 0.720.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 14 to 12 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.67% or 0.43 to $63.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.35% or 0.95 to hit $69.31 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 4.00 to trade at $1338.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.05% to 3.2090, while EUR/PEN fell 0.20% to 3.9304.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 90.21.