Peru shares higher at close of trade; S&P Lima General up 0.14%

Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors , Mining and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.14%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Panoro (LM: PML ), which rose 12.24% or 0.024 points to trade at 0.220 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM: TV ) added 9.26% or 0.050 points to end at 0.590 and PPX Mining Corp (LM: PPX ) was unchanged 4.35% or 0.00 points to 0.07 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Bolsa de Valores de Lima SAA (LM: BVL ), which lost 1.82% or 0.050 points to trade at 2.700 in late trade. Credicorp (LM: BAP ) declined 1.76% or 4.00 points to end at 223.00 and Atacocha (LM: ATB ) shed 0.44% or 0.002 points to 0.448.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 17 to 6 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.96% or 1.41 to $73.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.84% or 1.50 to hit $82.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.74% or 8.80 to trade at $1196.20 a troy ounce.

USD/PEN was down 0.12% to 3.2995, while EUR/PEN fell 0.64% to 3.8316.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 94.80.