Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Non-Metal Minerals and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi), which rose 5.26% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. Corporacion Aceros Arequipa SA (LM:ARE) added 5.00% or 0.030 points to end at 0.630 and Unacem (LM:CEL) was up 3.98% or 0.090 points to 2.350 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which lost 5.33% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.160 in late trade. Minera Irl (LM:IRL) declined 5.26% or 0.01 points to end at 0.11 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) shed 4.41% or 0.015 points to 0.325.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 12 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.81% or 0.40 to $48.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $51.69 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 3.80 to trade at $1234.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2460, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.4910.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 100.16.