The S&P/BVL Peru General Index (formerlyIGBVL: Indice General de la Bolsa de Valores de Lima; English: General Index of the Lima Stock Exchange) is the main indicator of the and serves to make comparisons about the yields achieved by different sectors (industrial, banking, agrarian, mining, services, etc.) participants of the Stock Exchange in a given determined period of time.
IGBVL is determined from a list formed by the shares of the most significant bursatil negotiations. In order to keep the index update the is a relationship of six-monthly review of the companies traded set on January 2 and July 1.
Nevertheless, if the circumstances of the market determine those companies can keep invariable, which will be communicated in time to market.