Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Non-Metal Minerals and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which rose 3.17% or 0.350 points to trade at 11.400 at the close. Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) added 2.94% or 0.020 points to end at 0.700 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) was up 2.37% or 0.008 points to 0.346 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sider (LM:SID), which lost 2.94% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.330 in late trade. Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) declined 2.08% or 0.010 points to end at 0.470 and Edegel (LM:EDE) shed 1.25% or 0.030 points to 2.370.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 14 to 12 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.85% or 0.85 to $46.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.55% or 0.75 to hit $48.99 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.20% or 14.10 to trade at $1192.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.16% to 3.4170, while EUR/PEN rose 0.36% to 3.6255.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 101.27.