Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Electricity and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Andino Investment Holding SAA (LM:AIH), which rose 5.99% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.770 at the close. Meanwhile, Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC) added 3.08% or 1.44 points to end at 48.22 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) was up 2.86% or 0.020 points to 0.720 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rimac Seguros y Reaseguros (LM:RSR), which fell 2.56% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.520 at the close. Sider (LM:SID) declined 2.55% or 0.012 points to end at 0.458 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was down 2.46% or 0.030 points to 1.190.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 15 to 15 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.57% or 0.34 to $58.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $62.56 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.30 to trade at $1331.70 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.20% to 3.2750, while EUR/PEN rose 0.89% to 4.0395.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 89.59.