Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Non-Metal Minerals and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.05% to hit a new 3-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which rose 3.91% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.330 at the close. Compania Minera Milpo SAA Class I (LM:MILi) added 2.32% or 0.080 points to end at 3.530 and PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 0.07 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which lost 2.63% or 0.0030 points to trade at 0.1110 in late trade. Bco Continenta (LM:CON) declined 1.82% or 0.080 points to end at 4.310 and Relapasa (LM:REL) shed 1.39% or 0.005 points to 0.355.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 16 to 9 and 18 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.79% or 0.51 to $64.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.54% or 0.38 to hit $70.25 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 5.60 to trade at $1340.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.17% to 3.2105, while EUR/PEN rose 0.89% to 3.9382.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 90.13.