Peru shares higher at close of trade; S&P Lima General up 0.84%

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 rose 0.84%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Panoro (LM: PML ), which rose 8.97% or 0.014 points to trade at 0.170 at the close. Volcan Minera (LM: VOL_pb ) added 8.11% or 0.060 points to end at 0.800 and Trevali Mining (LM: TV ) was up 5.66% or 0.030 points to 0.560 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Candente Copper (LM: DNT ), which lost 3.45% or 0.0020 points to trade at 0.0560 in late trade. Milpo (LM: MIL ) declined 3.26% or 0.140 points to end at 4.160 and Aceros Arequip (LM: AREi ) shed 1.35% or 0.010 points to 0.730.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 20 to 6 and 12 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.05% or 0.71 to $68.54 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.20% or 0.90 to hit $75.63 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.53% or 18.30 to trade at $1212.30 a troy ounce.

USD/PEN was down 0.35% to 3.2909, while EUR/PEN rose 0.55% to 3.8262.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 95.08.