Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking & Financials, Industrials and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which unchanged 4.62% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi) added 1.89% or 0.330 points to end at 17.800 and Luz Del Sur (LM:LUZ) was up 0.41% or 0.050 points to 12.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Minera Irl (LM:IRL), which fell 7.07% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.09 at the close. Minsur (LM:MINi) declined 6.02% or 0.130 points to end at 2.030 and Relapasa (LM:REL) was down 5.54% or 0.019 points to 0.324.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 27 to 4 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Minsur (LM:MINi) fell to 3-years highs; down 6.02% or 0.130 to 2.030.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.56% or 0.32 to $57.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.04% or 0.67 to hit $63.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.40% or 5.12 to trade at $1276.48 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.16% to 3.2430, while EUR/PEN fell 0.11% to 3.7532.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 94.81.