Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Non-Metal Minerals and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Inversiones Centenario SAA (LM:ICE), which rose 15.00% or 0.450 points to trade at 3.450 at the close. Meanwhile, Candente Copper (LM:DNT) added 8.00% or 0.0100 points to end at 0.1350 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was up 5.54% or 0.170 points to 3.240 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Minera Irl (LM:IRL), which fell 6.90% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.08 at the close. Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) declined 3.73% or 0.060 points to end at 1.550 and Edegel (LM:EDE) was down 2.27% or 0.050 points to 2.150.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 16 to 14 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Edegel (LM:EDE) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.27% or 0.050 to 2.150.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.18% or 1.19 to $55.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.52% or 1.53 to hit $62.15 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 6.72 to trade at $1271.38 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 4.51% to 3.2455, while EUR/PEN fell 4.98% to 3.7673.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 94.83.