Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Food & Beverages and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which rose 5.63% or 0.080 points to trade at 1.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Corporacion Aceros Arequipa SA (LM:ARE) added 2.98% or 0.020 points to end at 0.690 and Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC) was up 2.77% or 0.94 points to 34.89 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi), which fell 2.35% or 0.400 points to trade at 16.600 at the close. Candente Copper (LM:DNT) declined 2.17% or 0.0010 points to end at 0.0450 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was down 1.91% or 0.040 points to 2.060.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 15 to 9 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Candente Copper (LM:DNT) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.17% or 0.0010 to 0.0450.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.89% or 0.38 to $43.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.97% or 0.44 to hit $45.66 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.71% or 8.91 to trade at $1258.31 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.11% to 3.2560, while EUR/PEN fell 0.02% to 3.6454.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 96.98.