Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Banking & Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Relapasa (LM:REL) added 7.17% or 0.021 points to end at 0.314 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was up 5.33% or 0.080 points to 1.580 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Corporacion Aceros Arequipa SA (LM:ARE), which fell 2.22% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.880 at the close. Enel Distribucion Peru SAA (LM:ENE) declined 1.74% or 0.100 points to end at 5.650 and Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA) was down 1.69% or 0.130 points to 7.570.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 23 to 13 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 3.05% or 1.94 to $65.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $69.81 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.57% or 20.60 to trade at $1332.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.26% to 3.2485, while EUR/PEN fell 0.16% to 3.9948.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.81% at 89.28.