Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Mining and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Credicorp (LM:BAP), which rose 2.50% or 4.000 points to trade at 164.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Buenaventura (LM:BVN) added 2.35% or 0.310 points to end at 13.500 and Trevali Mining (LM:TV) was up 2.20% or 0.020 points to 0.930 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which fell 2.78% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.400 at the close. Atacocha (LM:ATB) declined 2.50% or 0.010 points to end at 0.390 and Relapasa (LM:REL) was down 2.04% or 0.005 points to 0.240.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 14 to 11 and 9 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.66% or 0.35 to $52.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.23% or 0.13 to hit $55.36 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.07% or 12.85 to trade at $1217.75 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.35% to 3.2850, while EUR/PEN rose 0.38% to 3.5347.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.76% at 100.00.