Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Non-Metal Minerals and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Atacocha (LM:ATB), which rose 6.00% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.265 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) added 4.88% or 0.040 points to end at 0.860 and Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) was up 3.24% or 0.690 points to 22.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Volcan Compania Minera SAA (LM:VOLa), which lost 6.98% or 0.150 points to trade at 2.000 in late trade. Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM) declined 4.46% or 0.007 points to end at 0.150 and Bco Continenta (LM:CON) shed 2.09% or 0.090 points to 4.210.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 11 to 10 and 14 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.59% or 0.27 to $45.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.79% or 0.38 to hit $48.24 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.79% or 10.05 to trade at $1269.45 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.05% to 3.2680, while EUR/PEN fell 0.53% to 3.6556.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 97.24.