Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, S&P Lima Juniors and Banking & Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.24% to hit a new 3-years high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Alicorp (LM:ALI), which rose 3.98% or 0.450 points to trade at 11.750 at the close. Meanwhile, Panoro (LM:PML) added 2.48% or 0.008 points to end at 0.331 and Bco Continenta (LM:CON) was up 1.62% or 0.070 points to 4.380 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which fell 4.51% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.270 at the close. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 4.11% or 0.030 points to end at 0.700 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) was down 2.70% or 0.020 points to 0.720.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 14 to 12 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alicorp (LM:ALI) rose to all time highs; rising 3.98% or 0.450 to 11.750.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.67% or 0.43 to $63.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.34% or 0.94 to hit $69.32 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.90 to trade at $1338.80 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.05% to 3.2090, while EUR/PEN fell 0.20% to 3.9304.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 90.21.