Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Food & Beverages and S&P Lima Juniors sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Enel Distribucion Peru SAA (LM:ENE), which rose 1.75% or 0.100 points to trade at 5.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Trevali Mining (LM:TV) added 1.54% or 0.010 points to end at 0.660 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) was up 1.54% or 0.006 points to 0.396 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which fell 7.69% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.200 at the close. Minsur (LM:MINi) declined 5.81% or 0.090 points to end at 1.460 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was down 3.85% or 0.080 points to 2.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 22 to 9 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.69% or 0.100 to 1.200.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.12% or 0.09 to $74.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $77.45 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.93% or 11.70 to trade at $1242.80 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.45% to 3.2908, while EUR/PEN fell 0.16% to 3.8188.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 94.60.