Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Banking & Financials and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which rose 8.33% or 0.0080 points to trade at 0.1040 at the close. Panoro (LM:PML) added 4.24% or 0.014 points to end at 0.344 and Buenaventura (LM:BVN) was up 3.29% or 0.460 points to 14.460 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Volcan Compania Minera SAA (LM:VOLa), which lost 4.04% or 0.160 points to trade at 3.800 in late trade. Minsur (LM:MINi) declined 2.17% or 0.040 points to end at 1.800 and Enel Distribucion Peru SAA (LM:ENE) shed 1.72% or 0.100 points to 5.700.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 15 to 14 and 10 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.60% or 0.81 to $51.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.65% or 0.93 to hit $57.18 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 8.90 to trade at $1305.40 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.09% to 3.2505, while EUR/PEN fell 0.18% to 3.8439.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 92.92.