Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Electricity, Services and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were ENGIE Energia Peru SA (LM:ENGI), which rose 3.68% or 0.240 points to trade at 6.760 at the close. Inretail Peru (LM:INR) added 3.27% or 0.800 points to end at 25.300 and Intergroup (LM:IFS) was up 1.22% or 0.500 points to 41.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO), which lost 5.26% or 0.500 points to trade at 9.000 in late trade. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 3.51% or 0.020 points to end at 0.550 and PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) 2.70% or 0.00 points to 0.07.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 15 to 12 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.60% or 1.09 to $67.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $77.65 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.50 to trade at $1298.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.03% to 3.2715, while EUR/PEN rose 0.23% to 3.8213.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.95.