Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Electricity and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb), which rose 2.86% or 0.030 points to trade at 1.080 at the close. Meanwhile, Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi) added 2.04% or 0.410 points to end at 20.510 and Panoro (LM:PML) was up 1.92% or 0.005 points to 0.265 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which fell 7.32% or 0.150 points to trade at 1.900 at the close. Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM) declined 4.00% or 0.005 points to end at 0.120 and Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) was down 2.82% or 0.790 points to 27.210.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 18 to 11 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi) rose to all time highs; up 2.04% or 0.410 to 20.510.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.81% or 1.29 to $72.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $79.53 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.70 to trade at $1292.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.23% to 3.2820, while EUR/PEN fell 0.18% to 3.8704.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 93.46.