Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Non-Metal Minerals and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Minsur (LM:MINi), which rose 1.51% or 0.020 points to trade at 1.340 at the close. Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA) added 1.46% or 0.070 points to end at 4.870 and Edegel (LM:EDE) was up 1.41% or 0.050 points to 3.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atacocha (LM:ATB), which lost 2.44% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.200 in late trade. Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) declined 1.23% or 0.300 points to end at 24.000 and Minera Irl (LM:IRL) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 0.09.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 8 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.72% or 1.04 to $59.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.19% or 1.41 to hit $62.85 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.13% or 1.60 to trade at $1200.40 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.19% to 3.1670, while EUR/PEN fell 0.88% to 3.5738.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 94.30.