Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Banking & Financials and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Inversiones Centenario SAA (LM:ICE), which rose 7.84% or 0.400 points to trade at 5.500 at the close. Atacocha (LM:ATB) added 2.42% or 0.008 points to end at 0.338 and Credicorp (LM:BAP) was up 1.60% or 2.400 points to 152.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Relapasa (LM:REL), which lost 4.92% or 0.012 points to trade at 0.232 in late trade. Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) declined 4.00% or 0.020 points to end at 0.480 and Corporacion Aceros Arequipa SA (LM:ARE) shed 3.70% or 0.020 points to 0.520.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 14 to 12 and 12 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 4.11% or 1.97 to $45.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.90% or 1.91 to hit $47.09 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.53% or 6.30 to trade at $1183.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.12% to 3.4225, while EUR/PEN fell 0.13% to 3.6125.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 101.48.