Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 1.28% to hit a new 3-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Panoro (LM:PML), which rose 12.90% or 0.036 points to trade at 0.315 at the close. Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) added 9.63% or 0.130 points to end at 1.480 and Minsur (LM:MINi) was up 5.46% or 0.100 points to 1.930 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which lost 2.17% or 0.004 points to trade at 0.180 in late trade. Edegel (LM:EDE) declined 1.71% or 0.040 points to end at 2.300 and ENGIE Energia Peru SA (LM:ENGI) shed 1.27% or 0.100 points to 7.750.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 10 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.56% or 0.78 to $50.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $56.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 5.93 to trade at $1270.87 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2620, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.8095.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 93.77.