Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Electricity and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.29% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which rose 15.00% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.05 at the close. Volcan Compania Minera SAA (LM:VOLa) added 2.56% or 0.050 points to end at 2.000 and Enel Distribucion Peru SAA (LM:ENE) was up 1.82% or 0.100 points to 5.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which lost 0.95% or 0.020 points to trade at 2.080 in late trade. Ferreyros (LM:FER) declined 0.56% or 0.010 points to end at 1.790 and Alicorp (LM:ALI) shed 0.12% or 0.010 points to 8.190.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 14 to 7 and 14 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.77% or 1.30 to $45.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.88% or 1.42 to hit $47.88 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 8.98 to trade at $1254.48 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 1.29% to 3.2495, while EUR/PEN rose 1.55% to 3.7879.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.78.