Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Banking & Financials and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Alicorp (LM:ALI), which rose 2.61% or 0.260 points to trade at 10.210 at the close. Buenaventura (LM:BVN) added 2.36% or 0.320 points to end at 13.870 and Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO) was up 1.73% or 0.200 points to 11.750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which lost 12.73% or 0.210 points to trade at 1.440 in late trade. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 8.47% or 0.050 points to end at 0.540 and Relapasa (LM:REL) shed 4.59% or 0.014 points to 0.291.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 14 to 10 and 15 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.55% or 0.31 to $56.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.88% or 0.55 to hit $62.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.47% or 19.02 to trade at $1277.48 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.08% to 3.2415, while EUR/PEN fell 0.56% to 3.8074.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 93.99.