Peru shares higher at close of trade; S&P Lima General up 0.60%

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

At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.60%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Panoro (LM: PML ), which rose 9.76% or 0.016 points to trade at 0.180 at the close. Relapasa (LM: REL ) added 8.00% or 0.012 points to end at 0.162 and Sider (LM: SID ) was up 5.77% or 0.030 points to 0.550 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Grana Y Monter (LM: GRA ), which lost 6.11% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.690 in late trade. PPX Mining Corp (LM: PPX ) unchanged 2.90% or 0.00 points to end at 0.07 and Aceros Arequip (LM: AREi ) shed 1.47% or 0.010 points to 0.670.

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 0.57% or 0.40 to $70.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $78.68 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.65% or 7.90 to trade at $1203.40 a troy ounce.

USD/PEN was down 0.29% to 3.2898, while EUR/PEN fell 0.46% to 3.8638.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 93.79.