Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Atacocha (LM:ATB), which rose 3.03% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.680 at the close. Meanwhile, Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) added 2.04% or 0.040 points to end at 2.000 and Enel Distribucion Peru SAA (LM:ENE) was up 1.70% or 0.100 points to 6.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which fell 16.26% or 0.033 points to trade at 0.170 at the close. Candente Copper (LM:DNT) declined 8.33% or 0.0100 points to end at 0.1100 and Minera Irl (LM:IRL) was down 7.00% or 0.01 points to 0.09.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 16 to 12 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.76% or 0.44 to $57.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.69% or 0.44 to hit $62.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.30 to trade at $1293.10 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.15% to 3.2325, while EUR/PEN fell 0.42% to 3.8397.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 93.16.