Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.48% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which rose 5.26% or 0.023 points to trade at 0.460 at the close. Atacocha (LM:ATB) added 5.08% or 0.015 points to end at 0.310 and Minsur (LM:MINi) was up 5.08% or 0.060 points to 1.240 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi), which lost 1.61% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.610 in late trade. Ferreyros (LM:FER) declined 0.64% or 0.010 points to end at 1.550 and Relapasa (LM:REL) shed 0.41% or 0.001 points to 0.244.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 14 to 6 and 12 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.47% or 0.23 to $48.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.60% or 0.30 to hit $50.05 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 1.05% or 14.00 to trade at $1353.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2851, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.6549.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 95.61.