Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Mining and Electricity sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Andino Investment Holding SAA (LM:AIH), which rose 3.70% or 0.100 points to trade at 2.800 at the close. Compania Minera Milpo SAA Class I (LM:MILi) added 3.14% or 0.070 points to end at 2.300 and Relapasa (LM:REL) was up 2.27% or 0.004 points to 0.180 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which lost 5.45% or 0.0030 points to trade at 0.0520 in late trade. Rimac Seguros y Reaseguros (LM:RSR) declined 2.33% or 0.030 points to end at 1.260 and Trevali Mining (LM:TV) shed 1.85% or 0.010 points to 0.530.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 12 to 11 and 16 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.35% or 0.23 to $65.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $72.10 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.11% or 13.10 to trade at $1197.30 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.47% to 3.3075, while EUR/PEN rose 0.16% to 3.7974.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 95.68.