Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Non-Metal Minerals and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 1.40% 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 13.72% or 0.070 points to trade at 0.580 at the close. Candente Copper (LM:DNT) added 6.25% or 0.0050 points to end at 0.0850 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was up 5.13% or 0.060 points to 1.230 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Panoro (LM:PML), which lost 1.96% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.250 in late trade. Bco Continenta (LM:CON) declined 0.93% or 0.040 points to end at 4.260 and Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA) shed 0.59% or 0.050 points to 8.350.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 4 and 10 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.15% or 1.11 to $50.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $56.10 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 10.91 to trade at $1273.89 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2700, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.8405.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 93.48.