Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Mining and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which rose 9.09% or 0.0100 points to trade at 0.1200 at the close. Meanwhile, PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) unchanged 6.15% or 0.00 points to end at 0.07 and Credicorp (LM:BAP) was up 1.49% or 2.98 points to 203.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which fell 5.13% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.110 at the close. Minera Irl (LM:IRL) unchanged 4.21% or 0.00 points to end at 0.09 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) was down 3.80% or 0.030 points to 0.760.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 27 to 8 and 8 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.96% or 1.68 to $55.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.61% or 1.65 to hit $61.51 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.01 to trade at $1280.91 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.08% to 3.2428, while EUR/PEN rose 0.96% to 3.8140.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.69% at 93.75.