Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Non-Metal Minerals, Industrials and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA), which rose 3.17% or 0.200 points to trade at 6.500 at the close. Intergroup (LM:IFS) added 3.09% or 0.990 points to end at 32.990 and Casa Grande (LM:CSG) was up 2.03% or 0.140 points to 7.050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which lost 2.37% or 0.004 points to trade at 0.165 in late trade. Buenaventura (LM:BVN) declined 1.16% or 0.160 points to end at 13.590 and Inretail Peru (LM:INR) shed 0.26% or 0.050 points to 18.950.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 14 to 6 and 10 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.31% or 0.69 to $53.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.64% or 0.91 to hit $56.49 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.65 to trade at $1210.75 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.15% to 3.2700, while EUR/PEN fell 0.72% to 3.5162.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 99.68.