Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Banking & Financials and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Intergroup (LM:IFS), which rose 3.80% or 1.500 points to trade at 41.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Atacocha (LM:ATB) added 3.12% or 0.020 points to end at 0.660 and Edegel (LM:EDE) was up 1.53% or 0.030 points to 1.990 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which fell 6.53% or 0.130 points to trade at 1.860 at the close. PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) unchanged 1.67% or 0.00 points to end at 0.06 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was down 1.67% or 0.020 points to 1.180.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 14 to 10 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.78% or 0.48 to $61.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $65.11 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 5.60 to trade at $1325.60 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.23% to 3.2450, while EUR/PEN fell 0.45% to 3.9985.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 90.00.