Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Non-Metal Minerals, S&P Lima Juniors and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.63% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which rose 6.94% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.08 at the close. Unacem (LM:CEL) added 5.50% or 0.120 points to end at 2.300 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was up 5.46% or 0.100 points to 1.930 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which lost 4.00% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.200 in late trade. Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi) declined 1.73% or 0.390 points to end at 22.100 and Panoro (LM:PML) shed 0.45% or 0.001 points to 0.223.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 10 and 10 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.32% or 0.24 to $75.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $84.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.31% or 15.60 to trade at $1207.30 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.18% to 3.3135, while EUR/PEN fell 0.02% to 3.8260.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 95.13.