Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, S&P Lima Juniors and Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Rimac Seguros y Reaseguros (LM:RSR), which rose 2.84% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.450 at the close. Meanwhile, Minsur (LM:MINi) added 2.22% or 0.040 points to end at 1.840 and Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA) was up 1.27% or 0.100 points to 8.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC), which fell 2.33% or 1.30 points to trade at 54.50 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 2.08% or 0.020 points to end at 0.940 and Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) was down 1.72% or 0.500 points to 28.500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 17 to 13 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.34% or 0.92 to $67.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $73.94 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 8.00 to trade at $1332.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.12% to 3.2305, while EUR/PEN rose 0.12% to 3.9527.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 90.56.