Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Non-Metal Minerals, Industrials and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 2.27% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which rose 12.81% or 0.410 points to trade at 3.610 at the close. Atacocha (LM:ATB) added 9.50% or 0.023 points to end at 0.265 and Trevali Mining (LM:TV) was up 6.79% or 0.019 points to 0.299 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO), which lost 3.12% or 0.200 points to trade at 6.200 in late trade. Sider (LM:SID) declined 1.89% or 0.004 points to end at 0.208 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) shed 1.75% or 0.010 points to 0.560.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 22 to 8 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 3.27% or 1.32 to $41.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.25% or 1.39 to hit $44.22 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1256.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.52% to 3.2660, while EUR/PEN fell 2.41% to 3.7446.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 94.02.