Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Non-Metal Minerals, Industrials and Electricity sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.07% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which rose 5.49% or 0.025 points to trade at 0.480 at the close. Milpo (LM:MIL) added 4.25% or 0.100 points to end at 2.450 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was up 1.70% or 0.080 points to 4.780 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inversiones Centenario SAA (LM:ICE), which lost 5.88% or 0.300 points to trade at 4.800 in late trade. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 3.23% or 0.005 points to end at 0.150 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) shed 3.23% or 0.020 points to 0.600.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 14 to 9 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.28% or 1.11 to $49.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $50.52 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.38% or 4.75 to trade at $1247.65 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.3095, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.7798.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 94.03.