Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Banking & Financials and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Casa Grande (LM:CSG), which rose 3.28% or 0.170 points to trade at 5.350 at the close. Milpo (LM:MIL) added 1.57% or 0.040 points to end at 2.590 and Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA) was up 0.99% or 0.050 points to 5.100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Panoro (LM:PML), which lost 8.33% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.110 in late trade. Sider (LM:SID) declined 6.86% or 0.014 points to end at 0.190 and Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG) shed 6.25% or 0.100 points to 1.500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 13 to 11 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.37% or 0.82 to $61.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.00% or 1.26 to hit $64.61 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.54% or 6.40 to trade at $1177.70 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.19% to 3.1795, while EUR/PEN fell 1.11% to 3.5540.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.15% at 95.61.