Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, S&P Lima Juniors and Electricity sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Sider (LM:SID), which rose 3.03% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.340 at the close. Meanwhile, Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) added 2.35% or 0.020 points to end at 0.870 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) was up 2.00% or 0.010 points to 0.510 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ferreyros (LM:FER), which fell 1.58% or 0.030 points to trade at 1.870 at the close. Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) declined 1.47% or 0.050 points to end at 3.350 and Cem Pacasmayo (LM:CPA) was down 1.32% or 0.080 points to 5.960.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 13 to 9 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.90% or 0.49 to $53.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.95% or 0.54 to hit $56.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1238.95 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.05% to 3.2452, while EUR/PEN fell 0.19% to 3.4204.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 101.24.