Peru shares higher at close of trade; S&P Lima General up 0.13%

Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Non-Metal Minerals , Food & Beverages and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.13%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Grana Y Monter (LM: GRA ), which rose 6.58% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.620 at the close. Relapasa (LM: REL ) added 4.76% or 0.010 points to end at 0.220 and Milpo (LM: MIL ) was up 4.11% or 0.150 points to 3.800 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Candente Copper (LM: DNT ), which lost 18.18% or 0.0120 points to trade at 0.0540 in late trade. Minsur (LM: MINi ) declined 4.83% or 0.070 points to end at 1.380 and Trevali Mining (LM: TV ) shed 2.17% or 0.020 points to 0.900.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 14 to 10 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.84% or 0.40 to $48.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.85% or 0.43 to hit $50.99 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.20 to trade at $1243.00 a troy ounce.

USD/PEN was down 0.25% to 3.2400, while EUR/PEN rose 0.04% to 3.5061.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 99.59.