Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Banking & Financials and Electricity sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 1.22% to hit a new 3-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Atacocha (LM:ATB), which rose 4.48% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. Buenaventura (LM:BVN) added 4.36% or 0.660 points to end at 15.810 and Trevali Mining (LM:TV) was up 4.07% or 0.050 points to 1.280 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO), which lost 4.00% or 0.500 points to trade at 12.000 in late trade. Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) declined 0.51% or 0.010 points to end at 1.940 and Inretail Peru (LM:INR) shed 0.05% or 0.010 points to 20.580.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 30 to 5 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.16% or 1.39 to $65.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.10% or 0.77 to hit $70.73 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.60% or 21.40 to trade at $1358.10 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.20% to 3.2125, while EUR/PEN rose 0.74% to 3.9788.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.95% at 89.03.