Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Services and Electricity sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.47% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Edegel (LM:EDE), which rose 4.76% or 0.150 points to trade at 3.300 at the close. Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC) added 4.35% or 1.10 points to end at 26.40 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was up 2.86% or 0.150 points to 5.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atacocha (LM:ATB), which lost 5.71% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.330 in late trade. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) declined 3.65% or 0.250 points to end at 6.600 and Alicorp (LM:ALI) shed 3.08% or 0.240 points to 7.560.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 13 to 12 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 4.18% or 1.65 to $41.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.07% or 0.03 to hit $43.47 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.60% or 8.30 to trade at $1364.30 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.3480, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.7495.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.49% at 95.49.