Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Electricity and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.48% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which rose 15.04% or 0.170 points to trade at 1.300 at the close. Milpo (LM:MIL) added 6.97% or 0.320 points to end at 4.910 and Minsur (LM:MINi) was up 4.46% or 0.070 points to 1.640 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Panoro (LM:PML), which lost 6.67% or 0.014 points to trade at 0.196 in late trade. Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 7.500 and Relapasa (LM:REL) shed 5.00% or 0.010 points to 0.190.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 13 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.47% or 1.73 to $68.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.22% or 0.16 to hit $74.22 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.80 to trade at $1223.10 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.13% to 3.2710, while EUR/PEN rose 0.06% to 3.8300.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 94.33.