Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Non-Metal Minerals and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.85% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Panoro (LM:PML), which rose 7.26% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.133 at the close. Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) added 6.11% or 0.140 points to end at 2.430 and Minera Irl (LM:IRL) was up 4.55% or 0.01 points to 0.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enel Distribucion Peru SAA (LM:ENE), which lost 9.17% or 0.550 points to trade at 5.450 in late trade. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 3.03% or 0.030 points to end at 0.960 and Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi) shed 1.95% or 0.300 points to 15.100.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 6 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.69% or 0.85 to $51.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.26% or 0.14 to hit $54.33 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.50 to trade at $1257.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2510, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.4645.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 100.42.