Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Friday, 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 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Corporacion Aceros Arequipa SA (LM:ARE), which rose 4.25% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.490 at the close. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) added 3.54% or 0.200 points to end at 5.850 and Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC) was up 3.28% or 0.88 points to 27.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Panoro (LM:PML), which lost 13.00% or 0.013 points to trade at 0.087 in late trade. Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) declined 5.46% or 0.030 points to end at 0.520 and Minera Irl (LM:IRL) 4.92% or 0.00 points to 0.06.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 12 to 12 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 3.59% or 1.74 to $46.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.99% or 1.59 to hit $51.72 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.58% or 6.30 to trade at $1095.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.23% to 3.1860, while EUR/PEN rose 0.64% to 3.5075.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 97.32.