Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Food & Beverages and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which rose 3.77% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.100 at the close. Credicorp (LM:BAP) added 2.71% or 4.500 points to end at 170.500 and Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi) was up 2.67% or 0.400 points to 15.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi), which lost 3.85% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.500 in late trade. Sider (LM:SID) declined 3.03% or 0.010 points to end at 0.320 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) shed 2.78% or 0.010 points to 0.350.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 14 to 12 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.13% or 0.61 to $54.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.93% or 0.52 to hit $56.70 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.25 to trade at $1236.85 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.38% to 3.2437, while EUR/PEN fell 0.89% to 3.4270.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 101.41.