Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Banking & Financials and S&P Lima Juniors sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 1.01% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC), which rose 5.00% or 2.20 points to trade at 46.20 at the close. Minsur (LM:MINi) added 4.67% or 0.070 points to end at 1.570 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was up 2.35% or 0.020 points to 0.870 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which lost 2.64% or 0.070 points to trade at 2.580 in late trade. Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) declined 1.30% or 0.010 points to end at 0.760 and Bco Continenta (LM:CON) shed 1.18% or 0.050 points to 4.200.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 15 to 9 and 19 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.27% or 0.86 to $68.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $73.75 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.20 to trade at $1224.40 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.22% to 3.2727, while EUR/PEN fell 0.37% to 3.8239.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 94.39.