Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Electricity and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which rose 1.25% or 0.130 points to trade at 10.540 at the close. Credicorp (LM:BAP) added 1.06% or 1.500 points to end at 142.500 and Milpo (LM:MIL) was up 0.39% or 0.010 points to 2.590 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sider (LM:SID), which lost 2.63% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.185 in late trade. Minera Irl (LM:IRL) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 0.09 and Unacem (LM:CEL) shed 2.00% or 0.050 points to 2.450.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 13 to 10 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.20% or 0.73 to $60.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.31% or 0.84 to hit $63.60 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.20% or 2.40 to trade at $1174.20 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.16% to 3.1745, while EUR/PEN rose 0.22% to 3.5619.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 95.44.