Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Panoro (LM:PML), which rose 9.09% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.120 at the close. Minsur (LM:MINi) added 4.24% or 0.050 points to end at 1.230 and Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM) was up 3.23% or 0.005 points to 0.160 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Minera Irl (LM:IRL), which unchanged 4.12% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.09 in late trade. Edegel (LM:EDE) declined 3.31% or 0.120 points to end at 3.500 and Casa Grande (LM:CSG) shed 1.07% or 0.060 points to 5.550.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 16 to 12 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.69% or 1.01 to $61.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.12% or 0.72 to hit $65.61 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.65% or 7.70 to trade at $1185.30 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.02% to 3.1545, while EUR/PEN rose 0.27% to 3.5632.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.61% at 94.58.