Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Banking & Financials and Agriculture sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 1.06%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which rose 6.34% or 0.930 points to trade at 15.590 at the close. Meanwhile, Trevali Mining (LM:TV) added 3.16% or 0.030 points to end at 0.980 and Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC) was up 3.15% or 1.65 points to 54.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atacocha (LM:ATB), which fell 5.00% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.570 at the close. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 4.08% or 0.010 points to end at 0.235 and Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO) was down 3.45% or 0.400 points to 11.200.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 18 to 11 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 3.23% or 2.10 to $62.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $67.53 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.36% or 18.00 to trade at $1345.30 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.02% to 3.2270, while EUR/PEN fell 0.25% to 3.9671.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 89.69.