Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Non-Metal Minerals and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Milpo (LM:MIL), which rose 6.04% or 0.310 points to trade at 5.440 at the close. Meanwhile, Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) added 2.04% or 0.600 points to end at 30.000 and Relapasa (LM:REL) was up 1.59% or 0.005 points to 0.320 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Minsur (LM:MINi), which fell 3.85% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.750 at the close. PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) unchanged 3.17% or 0.00 points to end at 0.06 and Buenaventura (LM:BVN) was down 2.80% or 0.450 points to 15.600.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 14 to 10 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.54% or 0.33 to $61.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.95% or 0.61 to hit $64.94 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.38% or 5.10 to trade at $1350.20 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.17% to 3.2505, while EUR/PEN fell 0.48% to 4.0314.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 89.02.