Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Non-Metal Minerals, Industrials and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.17% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which rose 9.76% or 0.200 points to trade at 2.250 at the close. Unacem (LM:CEL) added 3.85% or 0.050 points to end at 1.350 and Minsur (LM:MINi) was up 3.85% or 0.020 points to 0.540 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Relapasa (LM:REL), which lost 11.11% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.120 in late trade. Sider (LM:SID) declined 8.33% or 0.010 points to end at 0.110 and Trevali Mining (LM:TV) shed 6.76% or 0.019 points to 0.262.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 12 to 11 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 2.25% or 0.71 to $31.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.03% or 0.35 to hit $34.10 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 1.42% or 16.40 to trade at $1173.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.09% to 3.4805, while EUR/PEN fell 0.20% to 3.8914.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 96.94.