Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Electricity and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Edegel (LM:EDE), which rose 5.41% or 0.120 points to trade at 2.340 at the close. Atacocha (LM:ATB) added 4.05% or 0.016 points to end at 0.411 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was up 2.90% or 0.020 points to 0.710 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi), which lost 4.00% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.480 in late trade. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 3.33% or 0.005 points to end at 0.145 and Ferreyros (LM:FER) shed 2.94% or 0.050 points to 1.650.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 15 to 14 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.12% or 1.08 to $49.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.65% or 0.89 to hit $53.04 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.38% or 4.40 to trade at $1174.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.21% to 3.4065, while EUR/PEN fell 0.13% to 3.6650.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 100.25.