Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Banking & Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Relapasa (LM:REL), which rose 3.39% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.305 at the close. Meanwhile, Bco Continenta (LM:CON) added 2.05% or 0.090 points to end at 4.480 and Unacem (LM:CEL) was up 1.73% or 0.050 points to 2.940 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.07 at the close. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 3.39% or 0.020 points to end at 0.570 and Milpo (LM:MIL) was down 2.83% or 0.150 points to 5.150.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 18 to 10 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) unchanged to 52-week highs; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 0.07.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.47% or 0.32 to $68.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $73.98 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.65% or 8.60 to trade at $1324.40 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.17% to 3.2360, while EUR/PEN fell 0.07% to 3.9498.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 91.03.