Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Food & Beverages and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.02% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Casa Grande (LM:CSG), which rose 5.46% or 0.300 points to trade at 5.800 at the close. Relapasa (LM:REL) added 5.00% or 0.010 points to end at 0.210 and Buenaventura (LM:BVN) was up 3.53% or 0.420 points to 12.310 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which lost 2.75% or 0.150 points to trade at 5.300 in late trade. Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) declined 2.50% or 0.010 points to end at 0.400 and Credicorp (LM:BAP) shed 1.31% or 2.000 points to 151.000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 16 to 12 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.31% or 0.80 to $59.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.83% or 0.56 to hit $66.71 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.20% or 2.40 to trade at $1220.60 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.05% to 3.1551, while EUR/PEN rose 1.81% to 3.6034.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 93.40.