Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Food & Beverages and Electricity sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Minsur (LM:MINi), which rose 7.91% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Milpo (LM:MIL) added 7.24% or 0.310 points to end at 4.590 and PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) was up 7.14% or 0.01 points to 0.07 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO), which fell 6.25% or 0.500 points to trade at 7.500 at the close. Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA) declined 1.53% or 0.120 points to end at 7.730 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was down 1.16% or 0.010 points to 0.850.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 20 to 8 and 8 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.66% or 0.45 to $67.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $72.95 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.54% or 6.60 to trade at $1224.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.14% to 3.2800, while EUR/PEN rose 0.13% to 3.8380.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 94.42.