Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 1.03% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which rose 8.36% or 0.620 points to trade at 8.040 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) added 6.92% or 0.033 points to end at 0.510 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was up 1.56% or 0.040 points to 2.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi), which lost 6.45% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.290 in late trade. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) declined 5.13% or 0.200 points to end at 3.900 and Sider (LM:SID) shed 4.54% or 0.005 points to 0.105.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 11 to 9 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.18% or 0.09 to $46.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $49.67 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.90% or 22.20 to trade at $1187.60 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.03% to 3.2330, while EUR/PEN rose 0.41% to 3.6885.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.86% at 93.98.