Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Mining and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi), which rose 2.70% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.760 at the close. Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) added 2.56% or 0.030 points to end at 1.200 and Credicorp (LM:BAP) was up 2.09% or 4.77 points to 232.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO), which lost 4.02% or 0.450 points to trade at 10.750 in late trade. Edegel (LM:EDE) declined 3.59% or 0.070 points to end at 1.880 and Milpo (LM:MIL) shed 1.92% or 0.100 points to 5.100.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 16 to 15 and 15 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.86% or 0.54 to $63.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $68.17 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.77% or 10.40 to trade at $1336.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.05% to 3.2255, while EUR/PEN fell 0.25% to 3.9572.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 89.85.