Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Mining and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Credicorp (LM:BAP), which rose 2.50% or 4.000 points to trade at 164.000 at the close. Buenaventura (LM:BVN) added 2.35% or 0.310 points to end at 13.500 and Trevali Mining (LM:TV) was up 2.20% or 0.020 points to 0.930 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which lost 2.78% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.400 in late trade. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 2.50% or 0.010 points to end at 0.390 and Relapasa (LM:REL) shed 2.04% or 0.005 points to 0.240.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 14 to 11 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.68% or 0.36 to $52.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.25% or 0.14 to hit $55.35 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.07% or 12.85 to trade at $1217.75 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.35% to 3.2850, while EUR/PEN rose 0.38% to 3.5347.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.77% at 99.99.