Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Mining and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.58% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Alicorp (LM:ALI), which rose 3.49% or 0.280 points to trade at 8.300 at the close. Atacocha (LM:ATB) added 3.38% or 0.009 points to end at 0.275 and Relapasa (LM:REL) was up 2.27% or 0.005 points to 0.225 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Luz Del Sur (LM:LUZ), which lost 0.85% or 0.100 points to trade at 11.700 in late trade. ENGIE Energia Peru SA (LM:ENGI) declined 0.61% or 0.050 points to end at 8.150 and Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO) shed 0.13% or 0.010 points to 7.590.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 14 to 4 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.78% or 0.38 to $49.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.24% or 0.63 to hit $51.60 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.78% or 9.69 to trade at $1259.09 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2433, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.7841.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 93.77.