Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Banking & Financials and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Minsur (LM:MINi), which rose 2.70% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Inretail Peru (LM:INR) added 2.33% or 0.500 points to end at 22.000 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was up 2.21% or 0.040 points to 1.850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cerro Verde (LM:CVE), which fell 3.33% or 1.000 points to trade at 29.000 at the close. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 3.00% or 0.009 points to end at 0.291 and Alicorp (LM:ALI) was down 2.96% or 0.340 points to 11.160.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 17 to 14 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Inretail Peru (LM:INR) rose to 3-years highs; rising 2.33% or 0.500 to 22.000.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.53% or 0.34 to $64.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.66% or 0.45 to hit $68.97 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 9.60 to trade at $1345.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.03% to 3.2155, while EUR/PEN rose 0.29% to 3.9956.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 88.97.