Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Services, Electricity and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 1.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which rose 9.71% or 0.500 points to trade at 5.650 at the close. Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) added 5.93% or 0.150 points to end at 2.680 and Edegel (LM:EDE) was up 5.88% or 0.140 points to 2.520 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Casa Grande (LM:CSG), which lost 7.15% or 0.470 points to trade at 6.100 in late trade. Sider (LM:SID) declined 6.40% or 0.013 points to end at 0.190 and Unacem (LM:CEL) shed 2.70% or 0.050 points to 1.800.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 19 to 9 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 6.25% or 2.27 to $38.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $40.26 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 2.62% or 32.20 to trade at $1263.20 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.3780, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.7263.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.99% at 95.70.