Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Mining and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb), which rose 1.96% or 0.020 points to trade at 1.040 at the close. Meanwhile, Credicorp (LM:BAP) added 1.25% or 2.85 points to end at 231.55 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) was up 1.22% or 0.010 points to 0.830 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Panoro (LM:PML), which fell 6.84% or 0.018 points to trade at 0.245 at the close. Sider (LM:SID) declined 2.82% or 0.020 points to end at 0.690 and Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) was down 1.61% or 0.450 points to 27.500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 13 to 13 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.12% or 0.08 to $66.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $75.46 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 3.60 to trade at $1299.60 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.16% to 3.2715, while EUR/PEN fell 0.06% to 3.8483.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 93.83.