Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Electricity and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which rose 2.57% or 0.400 points to trade at 15.960 at the close. Meanwhile, Relapasa (LM:REL) added 2.43% or 0.007 points to end at 0.295 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was up 2.10% or 0.040 points to 1.940 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which fell 22.50% or 0.0180 points to trade at 0.0620 at the close. PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) declined 8.33% or 0.01 points to end at 0.06 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) was down 2.63% or 0.020 points to 0.740.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 14 to 12 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.08% or 0.05 to $63.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $68.27 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1337.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.03% to 3.2265, while EUR/PEN rose 0.22% to 3.9662.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 89.78.