Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Food & Beverages and Non-Metal Minerals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 1.30%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Atacocha (LM:ATB), which rose 9.14% or 0.017 points to trade at 0.203 at the close. Meanwhile, Panoro (LM:PML) added 9.09% or 0.010 points to end at 0.120 and Trevali Mining (LM:TV) was up 6.67% or 0.050 points to 0.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Casa Grande (LM:CSG), which fell 1.85% or 0.100 points to trade at 5.400 at the close. Minera Irl (LM:IRL) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 0.09 and Ferreyros (LM:FER) was down 0.71% or 0.010 points to 1.400.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 19 to 9 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.55% or 0.33 to $60.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $63.68 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1185.10 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.03% to 3.1645, while EUR/PEN rose 0.10% to 3.5597.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.77% at 94.48.