Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Food & Beverages and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.29% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Bco Continenta (LM:CON), which rose 2.30% or 0.100 points to trade at 4.450 at the close. Enel Distribucion Peru SAA (LM:ENE) added 1.72% or 0.100 points to end at 5.900 and Intergroup (LM:IFS) was up 1.34% or 0.562 points to 42.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Relapasa (LM:REL), which lost 3.23% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.300 in late trade. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 3.03% or 0.030 points to end at 0.960 and Panoro (LM:PML) shed 2.87% or 0.008 points to 0.271.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 14 to 10 and 16 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.75% or 0.51 to $68.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $74.99 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.87% or 11.70 to trade at $1326.60 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.50% to 3.2345, while EUR/PEN fell 0.41% to 3.9481.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.68% at 90.69.