Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Inversiones Centenario SAA (LM:ICE), which rose 6.84% or 0.240 points to trade at 3.750 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) added 3.81% or 0.040 points to end at 1.090 and Panoro (LM:PML) was up 3.39% or 0.010 points to 0.305 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which lost 8.72% or 0.170 points to trade at 1.780 in late trade. Minsur (LM:MINi) declined 2.06% or 0.040 points to end at 1.900 and ENGIE Energia Peru SA (LM:ENGI) shed 1.95% or 0.140 points to 7.040.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 13 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.67% or 0.96 to $58.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.71% or 1.07 to hit $63.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 6.39 to trade at $1279.59 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.03% to 3.2345, while EUR/PEN rose 0.08% to 3.8503.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 92.82.