Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Banking & Financials and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the Lima Stock Exchange General gained 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Lima Stock Exchange General were Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which rose 4.82% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.870 at the close. Buenaventura (LM:BVN) added 3.47% or 0.360 points to end at 10.720 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) was up 2.72% or 0.004 points to 0.151 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ferreyros (LM:FER), which lost 0.72% or 0.010 points to trade at 1.380 in late trade. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 0.67% or 0.001 points to end at 0.148 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) shed 0.43% or 0.020 points to 4.610.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 11 to 6 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.70% or 0.86 to $51.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.36% or 1.33 to hit $57.91 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.20% or 14.30 to trade at $1207.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.77% to 3.1280, while EUR/PEN fell 1.30% to 3.2972.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 99.67.