Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Banking & Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.92% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Sider (LM:SID), which rose 5.71% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.370 at the close. Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO) added 5.22% or 0.350 points to end at 7.050 and Buenaventura (LM:BVN) was up 5.00% or 0.600 points to 12.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which lost 2.81% or 0.130 points to trade at 4.500 in late trade. Inversiones Centenario SAA (LM:ICE) declined 1.96% or 0.100 points to end at 5.000 and Ferreyros (LM:FER) shed 1.79% or 0.030 points to 1.650.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 20 to 11 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.80% or 0.94 to $53.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.75% or 0.97 to hit $56.44 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.21% or 2.45 to trade at $1164.45 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.58% to 3.3935, while EUR/PEN rose 1.16% to 3.5554.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.70% at 102.52.