Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Non-Metal Minerals and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.33% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO), which rose 4.17% or 0.200 points to trade at 5.000 at the close. Unacem (LM:CEL) added 3.70% or 0.050 points to end at 1.400 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was up 3.45% or 0.010 points to 0.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which lost 14.00% or 0.210 points to trade at 1.290 in late trade. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 5.88% or 0.005 points to end at 0.080 and Inretail Peru (LM:INR) shed 4.61% or 0.580 points to 12.010.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 13 to 10 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 4.83% or 1.44 to $28.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 6.61% or 2.17 to hit $30.70 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.72% or 8.60 to trade at $1189.30 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.19% to 3.5010, while EUR/PEN rose 1.23% to 3.9186.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.75% at 96.03.