Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Non-Metal Minerals, Mining and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which rose 3.34% or 0.430 points to trade at 13.300 at the close. Unacem (LM:CEL) added 3.06% or 0.080 points to end at 2.690 and Minsur (LM:MINi) was up 2.31% or 0.030 points to 1.330 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Relapasa (LM:REL), which lost 3.92% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.245 in late trade. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) declined 2.09% or 0.160 points to end at 7.500 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) shed 1.79% or 0.006 points to 0.330.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 17 to 10 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 3.98% or 1.94 to $46.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $48.53 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1277.70 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.3615, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.6849.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 98.32.