Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Food & Beverages and Non-Metal Minerals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which unchanged 5.88% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) added 2.63% or 0.030 points to end at 1.170 and Inversiones Centenario SAA (LM:ICE) was up 2.29% or 0.080 points to 3.580 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Credicorp (LM:BAP), which fell 1.35% or 3.15 points to trade at 231.00 at the close. Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) declined 1.05% or 0.300 points to end at 28.400 and Buenaventura (LM:BVN) was down 0.56% or 0.090 points to 15.870.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 18 to 12 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) unchanged to 52-week highs; unchanged 5.88% or 0.00 to 0.07.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.69% or 0.47 to $68.57 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $74.68 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 7.30 to trade at $1316.10 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.61% to 3.2543, while EUR/PEN rose 0.29% to 3.9376.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 91.63.