Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Mining and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb), which rose 5.00% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.050 at the close. Candente Copper (LM:DNT) added 4.00% or 0.0030 points to end at 0.0780 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) was up 3.56% or 0.016 points to 0.465 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which lost 4.31% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.200 in late trade. Minera Irl (LM:IRL) unchanged 3.85% or 0.00 points to end at 0.07 and PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) 3.51% or 0.00 points to 0.06.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 19 to 11 and 15 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.29% or 0.15 to $52.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $57.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.20% or 15.65 to trade at $1286.05 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2730, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.8472.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 93.27.