Peru shares higher at close of trade; S&P Lima General up 0.85%

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

At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.85%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Corporacion Aceros Arequipa SA (LM: ARE ), which rose 7.69% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.560 at the close. Sider (LM: SID ) added 7.58% or 0.025 points to end at 0.355 and Trevali Mining (LM: TV ) was up 4.21% or 0.040 points to 0.990 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Atacocha (LM: ATB ), which lost 2.63% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.370 in late trade. Milpo (LM: MIL ) declined 2.50% or 0.080 points to end at 3.120 and Backus Johnsto (LM: BKJi ) shed 2.47% or 0.390 points to 15.400.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 15 to 10 and 13 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 3.01% or 1.49 to $50.93 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 3.67% or 1.90 to hit $53.74 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1173.70 a troy ounce.

USD/PEN was up 4.26% to 3.4175, while EUR/PEN fell 0.27% to 3.6278.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.59% at 101.03.