Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, S&P Lima Juniors and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.37% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which rose 4.84% or 0.600 points to trade at 13.000 at the close. Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) added 2.00% or 0.400 points to end at 20.400 and Alicorp (LM:ALI) was up 0.67% or 0.050 points to 7.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which lost 7.36% or 0.310 points to trade at 3.900 in late trade. Relapasa (LM:REL) declined 3.75% or 0.009 points to end at 0.231 and Casa Grande (LM:CSG) shed 2.46% or 0.180 points to 7.150.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 14 to 8 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 4.02% or 2.17 to $51.82 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 4.03% or 2.30 to hit $54.80 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.72% or 8.45 to trade at $1181.85 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.15% to 3.3825, while EUR/PEN rose 0.30% to 3.5762.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 101.92.