Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Banking & Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.35% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which rose 11.11% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.05 at the close. Panoro (LM:PML) added 6.84% or 0.008 points to end at 0.125 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) was up 5.26% or 0.015 points to 0.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Volcan Compania Minera SAA (LM:VOLa), which lost 13.04% or 0.300 points to trade at 2.000 in late trade. Unacem (LM:CEL) declined 1.98% or 0.050 points to end at 2.470 and ENGIE Energia Peru SA (LM:ENGI) shed 1.18% or 0.100 points to 8.400.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 15 to 7 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.03% or 0.97 to $48.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $51.80 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.35 to trade at $1230.05 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2680, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.5813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 98.81.