Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 1.35% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which rose 53.85% or 0.0280 points to trade at 0.0800 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) added 12.62% or 0.130 points to end at 1.160 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) was up 12.50% or 0.040 points to 0.360 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which unchanged 4.76% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.04 in late trade. Unacem (LM:CEL) declined 1.22% or 0.030 points to end at 2.420 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) shed 0.98% or 0.020 points to 2.030.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 22 to 8 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.64% or 0.78 to $46.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $50.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.68% or 8.72 to trade at $1288.42 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2430, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.7952.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 93.41.