Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the Lima Stock Exchange General added 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Lima Stock Exchange General were Sider (LM:SID), which rose 7.14% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.150 at the close. Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) added 5.36% or 0.030 points to end at 0.590 and Milpo (LM:MIL) was up 2.07% or 0.040 points to 1.970 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cerro Verde (LM:CVE), which lost 2.04% or 0.480 points to trade at 23.000 in late trade. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) declined 1.75% or 0.090 points to end at 5.060 and Inretail Peru (LM:INR) shed 1.64% or 0.250 points to 15.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 9 to 9 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.40% or 1.35 to $57.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.35% or 2.10 to hit $64.83 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.59% or 7.00 to trade at $1193.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.03% to 3.1325, while EUR/PEN fell 0.27% to 3.3642.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.82% at 97.43.