Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Non-Metal Minerals and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 1.21% to hit a new 3-years high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which rose 8.33% or 0.190 points to trade at 2.470 at the close. Meanwhile, Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM) added 7.83% or 0.009 points to end at 0.124 and Panoro (LM:PML) was up 7.14% or 0.015 points to 0.225 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which unchanged 6.45% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.06 at the close. Candente Copper (LM:DNT) declined 3.75% or 0.0030 points to end at 0.0770 and Casa Grande (LM:CSG) was down 3.45% or 0.220 points to 6.150.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 26 to 7 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Panoro (LM:PML) rose to 52-week highs; rising 7.14% or 0.015 to 0.225. Shares in Casa Grande (LM:CSG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.45% or 0.220 to 6.150.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.21% or 0.10 to $47.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.25% or 0.13 to hit $52.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.57% or 7.59 to trade at $1329.79 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.06% to 3.2365, while EUR/PEN fell 0.24% to 3.8417.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 92.82.