Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Agriculture and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Rimac Seguros y Reaseguros (LM:RSR), which rose 2.27% or 0.030 points to trade at 1.350 at the close. Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) added 1.24% or 0.300 points to end at 24.500 and Credicorp (LM:BAP) was up 0.87% or 2.00 points to 231.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Compania Minera Milpo SAA Class I (LM:MILi), which lost 11.77% or 0.340 points to trade at 2.550 in late trade. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) declined 3.75% or 0.150 points to end at 3.850 and Sider (LM:SID) shed 2.82% or 0.020 points to 0.690.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 9 and 14 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.12% or 0.08 to $69.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $74.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1218.80 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.00% to 3.2680, while EUR/PEN rose 0.19% to 3.7851.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 95.00.