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 lost 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which rose 2.00% or 0.060 points to trade at 3.060 at the close. Meanwhile, Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) added 1.47% or 0.010 points to end at 0.690 and Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi) was up 1.19% or 0.200 points to 17.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which fell 10.00% or 0.0140 points to trade at 0.1260 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 4.80% or 0.060 points to end at 1.190 and Panoro (LM:PML) was down 4.72% or 0.017 points to 0.343.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 18 to 13 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.13% or 0.07 to $51.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $58.09 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.18% or 15.35 to trade at $1287.65 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2445, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.8129.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 93.36.