Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Food & Beverages and S&P Lima Juniors sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.02% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb), which rose 3.30% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.940 at the close. Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) added 3.28% or 0.100 points to end at 3.150 and Trevali Mining (LM:TV) was up 2.88% or 0.030 points to 1.070 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sider (LM:SID), which lost 5.96% or 0.022 points to trade at 0.347 in late trade. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) declined 3.58% or 0.260 points to end at 7.010 and Corporacion Aceros Arequipa SA (LM:ARE) shed 3.28% or 0.020 points to 0.590.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 17 to 15 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.76% or 0.95 to $52.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.96% or 1.11 to hit $55.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.77% or 9.55 to trade at $1226.35 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.20% to 3.2605, while EUR/PEN fell 0.02% to 3.4621.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 100.99.