Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Industrials and Electricity sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Sider (LM:SID), which rose 5.26% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.400 at the close. Relapasa (LM:REL) added 3.12% or 0.008 points to end at 0.264 and Credicorp (LM:BAP) was up 0.88% or 1.300 points to 148.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which lost 0.86% or 0.050 points to trade at 5.740 in late trade. Inretail Peru (LM:INR) declined 0.81% or 0.150 points to end at 18.400 and Alicorp (LM:ALI) shed 0.39% or 0.030 points to 7.600.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 10 to 4 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.73% or 1.36 to $51.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $52.91 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.73% or 9.10 to trade at $1261.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.4049, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.8011.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 96.91.