Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Mining and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi), which rose 2.70% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.760 at the close. Meanwhile, Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) added 2.56% or 0.030 points to end at 1.200 and Credicorp (LM:BAP) was up 2.09% or 4.77 points to 232.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO), which fell 4.02% or 0.450 points to trade at 10.750 at the close. Edegel (LM:EDE) declined 3.59% or 0.070 points to end at 1.880 and Milpo (LM:MIL) was down 1.92% or 0.100 points to 5.100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 16 to 15 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.86% or 0.54 to $63.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $68.17 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.77% or 10.40 to trade at $1336.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.05% to 3.2255, while EUR/PEN fell 0.25% to 3.9572.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 89.85.