The Lima Stock Exchange closed its operations with the majority of indices in negative this Friday, January 20, 2023. Thus, he scored 9 down and 7 up.
In this way, the S&P/BVL Peru General Index, the most representative of the Lima stock market, rose 0.14% to 23,006.6 points. Meanwhile, the S&P/BVL Peru Selective Indexwhich is made up of the most traded shares in the local market, lost -0.74% and was placed at 596.43 units.
The sector financial was the one that recorded the most losses and fell -0.94%, followed by the mining sector that fell -0.52%. On the other hand, the sectors that had the most gains were service Y electricityboth rose 8.57%.
The main values that fell were NEXAPEC1 (-6.98%), INRETC1 (-2.59%) and HBM (-2.50%). On the other hand, the main shares that rose were ENGEPEC1 (14.80%), ENDISPC1 (11.70%) and POMALCC1 (4.29%).
US market closes at daily highs thanks to technology sector
Likewise, according to César Romero, Head of Research at Renta4 SAB, US stocks recovered this Friday, closing the week on an optimistic note, led by strong gains in the technology sector. Furthermore, The S&P 500 finished up 1.9%, although it still ended the week down 0.7%. While the Dow Jones rose 1.0%. Finally, The Nasdaq Composite closed with a rise of 2.9%, its biggest daily gain since the end of November.
It should be noted that despite concerns about the economy, markets have been quite resilient and moved mostly higher in 2023, according to the US market intelligence team at JP Morgan. However, they do not believe that a recession is currently priced in on equity markets, the specialist added.
Source: Larepublica
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