Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, S&P Lima Juniors and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Panoro (LM:PML), which rose 2.36% or 0.003 points to trade at 0.130 at the close. Meanwhile, Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) added 1.72% or 0.010 points to end at 0.590 and Inversiones Centenario SAA (LM:ICE) was up 1.63% or 0.090 points to 5.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which fell 6.52% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.860 at the close. Minera Irl (LM:IRL) unchanged 2.61% or 0.00 points to end at 0.11 and Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC) was down 2.03% or 0.73 points to 35.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 14 to 9 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Inversiones Centenario SAA (LM:ICE) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.63% or 0.090 to 5.600.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.10% or 0.59 to $52.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $55.57 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.12% or 14.30 to trade at $1288.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2545, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.4497.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 100.06.