Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Banking & Financials and Agriculture sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which rose 6.34% or 0.930 points to trade at 15.590 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) added 3.16% or 0.030 points to end at 0.980 and Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC) was up 3.15% or 1.65 points to 54.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atacocha (LM:ATB), which lost 5.00% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.570 in late trade. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 4.08% or 0.010 points to end at 0.235 and Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO) shed 3.45% or 0.400 points to 11.200.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 11 and 14 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 3.23% or 2.10 to $62.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $67.53 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.36% or 18.00 to trade at $1345.30 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.02% to 3.2270, while EUR/PEN fell 0.25% to 3.9671.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 89.69.