Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Industrials and Banking & Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 1.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Casa Grande (LM:CSG), which rose 6.85% or 0.250 points to trade at 3.900 at the close. Buenaventura (LM:BVN) added 6.45% or 0.790 points to end at 13.040 and Trevali Mining (LM:TV) was up 5.66% or 0.030 points to 0.560 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which unchanged 1.43% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.07 in late trade. ENGIE Energia Peru SA (LM:ENGI) declined 0.73% or 0.050 points to end at 6.780 and Relapasa (LM:REL) 0.00% or 0.000 points to 0.154.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 3 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.05% or 1.43 to $71.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $79.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 5.80 to trade at $1208.70 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.15% to 3.3007, while EUR/PEN rose 0.04% to 3.8560.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.12.