Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Electricity, Services and Banking & Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which rose 7.69% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Relapasa (LM:REL) added 3.48% or 0.012 points to end at 0.357 and Panoro (LM:PML) was up 3.12% or 0.010 points to 0.330 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unacem (LM:CEL), which fell 1.36% or 0.040 points to trade at 2.900 at the close. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) declined 1.15% or 0.070 points to end at 6.030 and Sider (LM:SID) was down 1.03% or 0.005 points to 0.480.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 14 to 13 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Relapasa (LM:REL) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 3.48% or 0.012 to 0.357.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.37% or 1.46 to $63.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.77% or 1.20 to hit $68.98 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 6.50 to trade at $1313.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.16% to 3.2205, while EUR/PEN fell 0.37% to 3.8393.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 92.23.