Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Electricity and Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Panoro (LM:PML), which rose 3.00% or 0.006 points to trade at 0.206 at the close. Meanwhile, Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) added 2.27% or 0.050 points to end at 2.250 and Luz Del Sur (LM:LUZ) was up 2.00% or 0.230 points to 11.750 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which fell 8.82% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.06 at the close. Minera Irl (LM:IRL) unchanged 3.49% or 0.00 points to end at 0.08 and Edegel (LM:EDE) was down 2.11% or 0.050 points to 2.320.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 16 to 14 and 9 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.43% or 0.20 to $46.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $51.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1315.20 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2405, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.8936.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 92.27.