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 added 0.31% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Sider (LM:SID), which rose 27.27% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.140 at the close. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) added 15.06% or 0.580 points to end at 4.430 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) was up 5.37% or 0.018 points to 0.353 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which lost 11.01% or 0.590 points to trade at 4.770 in late trade. Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) declined 3.45% or 0.010 points to end at 0.280 and Milpo (LM:MIL) shed 3.45% or 0.050 points to 1.400.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 14 to 12 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.09% or 0.32 to $29.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 3.28% or 1.09 to hit $32.30 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 3.10% or 38.40 to trade at $1201.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.16% to 3.5110, while EUR/PEN fell 0.51% to 3.9043.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 96.93.