Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Electricity and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which rose 2.86% or 0.004 points to trade at 0.144 at the close. Relapasa (LM:REL) added 2.22% or 0.005 points to end at 0.230 and Luz Del Sur (LM:LUZ) was up 2.08% or 0.240 points to 11.750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which lost 3.70% or 0.430 points to trade at 11.200 in late trade. Minera Irl (LM:IRL) unchanged 2.70% or 0.00 points to end at 0.07 and Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA) shed 0.67% or 0.050 points to 7.450.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 12 to 7 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.19% or 1.01 to $47.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $49.55 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.72% or 21.35 to trade at $1220.95 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2576, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.6942.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 95.95.