Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Non-Metal Minerals and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which rose 7.41% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.450 at the close. Meanwhile, Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) added 2.93% or 0.060 points to end at 2.110 and Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi) was up 2.11% or 0.360 points to 17.410 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which unchanged 4.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.05 at the close. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 3.85% or 0.010 points to end at 0.250 and Minsur (LM:MINi) was down 2.06% or 0.030 points to 1.430.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 11 to 10 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Atacocha (LM:ATB) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.85% or 0.010 to 0.250.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.20% or 0.57 to $47.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $49.95 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.10% or 14.06 to trade at $1296.76 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2670, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.6768.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 96.50.