Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Mining and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 2.06% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which rose 8.85% or 1.130 points to trade at 13.900 at the close. Intergroup (LM:IFS) added 7.79% or 2.350 points to end at 32.500 and Sider (LM:SID) was up 6.39% or 0.023 points to 0.383 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO), which lost 3.23% or 0.200 points to trade at 6.000 in late trade. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 2.94% or 0.010 points to end at 0.330 and Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM) shed 1.91% or 0.004 points to 0.206.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 20 to 6 and 10 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.40% or 1.03 to $41.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $43.89 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.47% or 19.55 to trade at $1347.85 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.3505, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.6918.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.43% at 96.75.