Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Industrials and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.46% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Volcan Compania Minera SAA (LM:VOLa), which rose 4.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 2.600 at the close. Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) added 2.25% or 0.020 points to end at 0.910 and Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) was up 2.08% or 0.450 points to 22.100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Casa Grande (LM:CSG), which lost 4.62% or 0.320 points to trade at 6.610 in late trade. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 0.75% or 0.001 points to end at 0.132 and Credicorp (LM:BAP) shed 0.54% or 0.89 points to 164.09.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 20 to 6 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.45% or 0.23 to $50.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $53.98 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1257.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2495, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.4584.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 100.46.