Peru shares higher at close of trade; S&P Lima General up 0.05%

Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Services , Electricity and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.05%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Minsur (LM: MINi ), which rose 3.55% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.750 at the close. Enel Distribucion Peru SAA (LM: ENE ) added 3.42% or 0.200 points to end at 6.050 and Atacocha (LM: ATB ) was up 1.82% or 0.010 points to 0.560 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Candente Copper (LM: DNT ), which lost 13.33% or 0.0100 points to trade at 0.0650 in late trade. PPX Mining Corp (LM: PPX ) declined 6.58% or 0.01 points to end at 0.07 and Sider (LM: SID ) shed 2.56% or 0.020 points to 0.760.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 15 to 12 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 2.08% or 1.41 to $66.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.49% or 1.14 to hit $75.33 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.48% or 6.20 to trade at $1297.50 a troy ounce.

USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2705, while EUR/PEN fell 0.30% to 3.8024.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 94.36.