Peru shares higher at close of trade; S&P Lima General up 0.38%

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Peru shares higher at close of trade; S&P Lima General up 0.38%

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

At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.38%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Backus Johnsto (LM: BKJi ), which rose 4.66% or 0.890 points to trade at 20.000 at the close. Atacocha (LM: ATB ) added 4.54% or 0.030 points to end at 0.690 and Southern Copper Corp (LM: SPC ) was up 2.67% or 1.35 points to 52.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM: BRO ), which lost 14.75% or 1.800 points to trade at 10.400 in late trade. Compania Minera Milpo SAA Class I (LM: MILi ) declined 4.35% or 0.150 points to end at 3.300 and Grana Y Monter (LM: GRA ) shed 3.33% or 0.060 points to 1.740.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 9 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.24% or 0.78 to $63.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.36% or 0.90 to hit $67.29 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.90 to trade at $1330.80 a troy ounce.

USD/PEN was up 0.04% to 3.2492, while EUR/PEN fell 0.29% to 3.9964.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 89.80.

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