Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Lima Assorted sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the Lima Stock Exchange General rose 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Lima Stock Exchange General were Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which rose 6.17% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.860 at the close. Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) added 3.85% or 0.020 points to end at 0.540 and Ferreyros (LM:FER) was up 2.21% or 0.030 points to 1.390 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sider (LM:SID), which lost 5.88% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.160 in late trade. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) declined 3.21% or 0.170 points to end at 5.130 and Panoro (LM:PML) shed 2.60% or 0.004 points to 0.150.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 10 to 10 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.60% or 0.29 to $48.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.21% or 0.12 to hit $56.29 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.27% or 15.20 to trade at $1185.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.05% to 3.0955, while EUR/PEN fell 0.32% to 3.3495.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.70% at 98.30.