Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Panoro (LM:PML), which rose 17.65% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.100 at the close. Buenaventura (LM:BVN) added 8.17% or 0.490 points to end at 6.490 and Corporacion Aceros Arequipa SA (LM:ARE) was up 2.22% or 0.010 points to 0.460 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sider (LM:SID), which lost 3.85% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.125 in late trade. Milpo (LM:MIL) declined 2.66% or 0.050 points to end at 1.830 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) shed 2.58% or 0.009 points to 0.340.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 13 to 11 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 5.99% or 2.67 to $47.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 4.54% or 2.17 to hit $49.92 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.50% or 16.50 to trade at $1119.10 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.20% to 3.2005, while EUR/PEN fell 0.53% to 3.6100.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 95.50.