Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Industrials and Non-Metal Minerals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which rose 12.50% or 0.0070 points to trade at 0.0630 at the close. Meanwhile, Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) added 3.61% or 0.030 points to end at 0.860 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was up 3.17% or 0.080 points to 2.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Panoro (LM:PML), which fell 2.38% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.205 at the close. Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO) declined 1.88% or 0.150 points to end at 7.850 and Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC) was down 1.74% or 0.78 points to 44.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 15 to 12 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.16% or 0.11 to $68.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.56% or 0.41 to hit $72.99 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 7.90 to trade at $1231.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.03% to 3.2755, while EUR/PEN rose 0.72% to 3.8331.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.77% at 94.25.