Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Banking & Financials and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Credicorp (LM:BAP), which rose 0.44% or 1.00 points to trade at 230.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Buenaventura (LM:BVN) added 0.44% or 0.060 points to end at 13.660 and Compania Minera Milpo SAA Class I (LM:MILi) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 2.890 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb), which fell 1.25% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.790 at the close. Ferreyros (LM:FER) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 2.400 and Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) was 0.00% or 0.000 points to 24.200.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 3 to 2 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.62% or 0.43 to $69.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.22% or 0.90 to hit $74.65 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.80 to trade at $1219.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.02% to 3.2687, while EUR/PEN rose 0.29% to 3.7889.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 94.98.