Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Services and Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Andino Investment Holding SAA (LM:AIH), which rose 17.65% or 0.450 points to trade at 3.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) added 5.53% or 0.100 points to end at 1.910 and Panoro (LM:PML) was up 1.24% or 0.003 points to 0.245 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which fell 12.50% or 0.0100 points to trade at 0.0700 at the close. PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) unchanged 6.67% or 0.00 points to end at 0.06 and Compania Minera Milpo SAA Class I (LM:MILi) was down 4.32% or 0.140 points to 3.100.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 20 to 9 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Andino Investment Holding SAA (LM:AIH) rose to 52-week highs; rising 17.65% or 0.450 to 3.000.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.90% or 0.59 to $64.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $69.03 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.36% or 18.20 to trade at $1323.80 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.18% to 3.2268, while EUR/PEN fell 0.38% to 3.9842.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.90% at 89.76.