Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, 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 gained 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which rose 8.33% or 0.0040 points to trade at 0.0520 at the close. Bco Continenta (LM:CON) added 2.50% or 0.100 points to end at 4.100 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) was up 1.96% or 0.010 points to 0.520 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which lost 1.85% or 0.020 points to trade at 1.060 in late trade. Alicorp (LM:ALI) declined 0.48% or 0.040 points to end at 8.260 and Unacem (LM:CEL) 0.00% or 0.000 points to 2.400.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 16 to 4 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.48% or 0.69 to $47.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $49.70 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.54 to trade at $1240.36 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2424, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.7361.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 94.64.