Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Non-Metal Minerals and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Atacocha (LM:ATB), which rose 11.11% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Relapasa (LM:REL) added 4.81% or 0.014 points to end at 0.305 and Buenaventura (LM:BVN) was up 3.24% or 0.450 points to 14.320 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Enel Distribucion Peru SAA (LM:ENE), which fell 1.70% or 0.100 points to trade at 5.800 at the close. Bco Continenta (LM:CON) declined 0.70% or 0.030 points to end at 4.250 and Casa Grande (LM:CSG) was down 0.62% or 0.040 points to 6.450.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 20 to 5 and 9 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.19% or 0.67 to $57.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.85% or 0.53 to hit $62.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 5.75 to trade at $1281.05 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.15% to 3.2365, while EUR/PEN fell 0.22% to 3.7993.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 93.86.