Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Services and Electricity sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.77% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Edegel (LM:EDE), which rose 4.76% or 0.150 points to trade at 3.300 at the close. Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC) added 4.35% or 1.10 points to end at 26.40 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was up 2.86% or 0.150 points to 5.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Casa Grande (LM:CSG), which lost 3.65% or 0.250 points to trade at 6.600 in late trade. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 2.86% or 0.010 points to end at 0.340 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) shed 1.64% or 0.010 points to 0.600.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 12 to 10 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 4.07% or 1.61 to $41.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.90% or 1.63 to hit $43.43 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.61% or 8.35 to trade at $1364.25 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.01% to 3.3480, while EUR/PEN rose 0.20% to 3.7495.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 95.51.