Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Banking & Financials and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.58% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which rose 9.09% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Trevali Mining (LM:TV) added 6.25% or 0.060 points to end at 1.020 and Panoro (LM:PML) was up 4.70% or 0.011 points to 0.245 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which fell 8.75% or 0.0070 points to trade at 0.0730 at the close. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) declined 1.80% or 0.100 points to end at 5.450 and Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) was down 1.36% or 0.400 points to 29.100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 18 to 12 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) rose to 52-week highs; up 9.09% or 0.01 to 0.06.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.57% or 0.36 to $63.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $68.53 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.77% or 10.30 to trade at $1329.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.02% to 3.2270, while EUR/PEN fell 0.46% to 3.9481.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 90.12.