Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Non-Metal Minerals, S&P Lima Juniors and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which rose 9.05% or 0.190 points to trade at 2.290 at the close. Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM) added 4.38% or 0.007 points to end at 0.167 and Minera Irl (LM:IRL) was unchanged 3.77% or 0.00 points to 0.11 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which lost 4.04% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.950 in late trade. Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO) declined 3.49% or 0.300 points to end at 8.300 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) shed 2.94% or 0.010 points to 0.330.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 16 to 13 and 10 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.67% or 0.34 to $50.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $53.09 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 3.80 to trade at $1255.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2495, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.4613.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 100.36.