Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Mining and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.25% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO), which rose 4.90% or 0.490 points to trade at 10.490 at the close. Sider (LM:SID) added 3.57% or 0.020 points to end at 0.580 and Trevali Mining (LM:TV) was up 3.16% or 0.030 points to 0.980 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which lost 6.25% or 0.150 points to trade at 2.250 in late trade. Minsur (LM:MINi) declined 5.03% or 0.090 points to end at 1.700 and Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) shed 3.87% or 1.200 points to 29.800.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 22 to 8 and 14 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 3.40% or 2.26 to $68.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $73.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.90 to trade at $1352.40 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.14% to 3.2170, while EUR/PEN rose 0.01% to 3.9822.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 89.35.