Lima Stock Exchange opens with gains from the advance of shares in the consumer sector

The Lima Stock Exchange (BVL) started the day on Thursday with gains due to the good performance of the consumer sector shares, while the bulk of the stock markets in the region operated with gains, following the good performance of the indexes of Wall Street.

At 9:52 am, the S & P / BVL Peru General Index, the most representative of the Lima stock market, rose 0.17% to 19,729 points.

Similarly, the S & P / BVL Peru Selective Index, which is made up of the 15 most traded shares in the local market, posted an advance of 0.76% and stood at 519.83 units.

By sectors, stocks showed a mixed performance on Thursday. The papers of the consumer (+ 1.16%), industrial (+ 0.39%) and construction (+ 0.13%) categories rose; while the titles of the mining segment (-0.07%) and financial (-0.24%) fell. On the other hand, the shares of the services and electricity sectors did not show variation.

Among the shares that rose the most on Thursday were Sociedad Minera El Brocal (+ 14.82%), Southern Peru (+ 10.62%), Sociedad Minera Corona (+ 7.14%), Alicorp (+ 3.73%) and Trevali Mining (3.53%).

On the other hand, the papers that fell the most were Cerro Verde (-1.13%), Buenaventura (-0.85%) and Unión Andina de Cementos (Unacem, -0.65%).

On the other hand, Wall Street opened this Thursday in green and the Dow Jones, its main indicator, rose 0.91% on a day marked by the quarterly results of large banks and other major companies.

Half an hour after the start of operations on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones added 314.42 points, to 34,692.23, while the selective S&P 500 advanced 0.99% or 43.03 units, to 4,406.83 .

For its part, the composite index of the Nasdaq market, in which the most important technology companies are listed, rose 1.18% or 171.45 integers, to 14,743.09.

With information from EFE