Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Food & Beverages and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which rose 5.63% or 0.080 points to trade at 1.500 at the close. Corporacion Aceros Arequipa SA (LM:ARE) added 2.98% or 0.020 points to end at 0.690 and Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC) was up 2.77% or 0.94 points to 34.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi), which lost 2.35% or 0.400 points to trade at 16.600 in late trade. Candente Copper (LM:DNT) declined 2.17% or 0.0010 points to end at 0.0450 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) shed 1.91% or 0.040 points to 2.060.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 15 to 9 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.89% or 0.38 to $43.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.97% or 0.44 to hit $45.66 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.71% or 8.91 to trade at $1258.31 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.11% to 3.2560, while EUR/PEN fell 0.02% to 3.6454.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 96.98.