Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Food & Beverages and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.32% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Sider (LM:SID), which rose 11.43% or 0.032 points to trade at 0.312 at the close. Panoro (LM:PML) added 10.29% or 0.014 points to end at 0.150 and Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG) was up 4.54% or 0.050 points to 1.150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which lost 5.05% or 0.025 points to trade at 0.470 in late trade. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) declined 3.85% or 0.300 points to end at 7.500 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) shed 3.57% or 0.010 points to 0.270.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 13 to 13 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.24% or 1.03 to $44.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.09% or 0.04 to hit $45.90 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.22% or 2.85 to trade at $1293.35 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2726, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.7555.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.53% at 92.53.