Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Mining and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 1.32% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Cerro Verde (LM:CVE), which rose 8.77% or 2.500 points to trade at 31.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Milpo (LM:MIL) added 7.21% or 0.360 points to end at 5.350 and Minsur (LM:MINi) was up 6.55% or 0.110 points to 1.790 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which fell 16.00% or 0.0120 points to trade at 0.0630 at the close. Andino Investment Holding SAA (LM:AIH) declined 3.39% or 0.100 points to end at 2.850 and PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) was 2.78% or 0.00 points to 0.07.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 21 to 7 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) rose to 5-year highs; rising 8.77% or 2.500 to 31.000. Shares in PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) unchanged to 52-week highs; unchanged 2.78% or 0.00 to 0.07.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.65% or 0.43 to $66.65 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $71.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.20 to trade at $1350.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.09% to 3.2215, while EUR/PEN fell 0.26% to 3.9819.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 89.22.