Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Mining and Electricity sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Rimac Seguros y Reaseguros (LM:RSR), which rose 2.56% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Bco Continenta (LM:CON) added 2.35% or 0.100 points to end at 4.350 and Credicorp (LM:BAP) was up 2.08% or 4.53 points to 222.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA), which fell 3.03% or 0.250 points to trade at 8.000 at the close. PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) unchanged 2.99% or 0.00 points to end at 0.07 and Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM) was down 2.84% or 0.004 points to 0.137.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 25 to 12 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) unchanged to 52-week highs; unchanged 2.99% or 0.00 to 0.07.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.59% or 0.38 to $63.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.67% or 0.45 to hit $67.17 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.78% or 10.40 to trade at $1326.10 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.56% to 3.2485, while EUR/PEN rose 0.62% to 4.0271.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 89.53.