Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, S&P Lima Juniors and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which unchanged 4.17% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.07 at the close. Sider (LM:SID) added 2.63% or 0.020 points to end at 0.780 and Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA) was up 2.17% or 0.170 points to 8.020 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ferreyros (LM:FER), which lost 1.88% or 0.050 points to trade at 2.610 in late trade. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 1.82% or 0.010 points to end at 0.540 and Minsur (LM:MINi) shed 1.76% or 0.030 points to 1.670.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 17 to 13 and 14 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.97% or 1.32 to $65.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.22% or 0.95 to hit $76.61 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 7.10 to trade at $1293.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.02% to 3.2721, while EUR/PEN fell 0.08% to 3.8182.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 94.16.