Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Mining and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Andino Investment Holding SAA (LM:AIH), which rose 6.25% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.700 at the close. Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA) added 2.76% or 0.220 points to end at 8.190 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) was up 2.70% or 0.020 points to 0.760 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which lost 7.25% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.06 in late trade. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) declined 4.92% or 0.300 points to end at 5.800 and Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG) shed 4.46% or 0.070 points to 1.500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 9 and 16 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.88% or 0.51 to $57.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.33% or 0.86 to hit $63.83 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1245.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.28% to 3.2335, while EUR/PEN fell 0.59% to 3.7926.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 94.04.