Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.21% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Sider (LM:SID), which rose 9.80% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.560 at the close. Meanwhile, Panoro (LM:PML) added 4.74% or 0.012 points to end at 0.265 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was up 3.54% or 0.040 points to 1.170 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi), which fell 3.80% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.760 at the close. Inversiones Centenario SAA (LM:ICE) declined 2.43% or 0.090 points to end at 3.610 and Bolsa de Valores de Lima SAA (LM:BVL) was down 1.51% or 0.050 points to 3.250.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 17 to 12 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sider (LM:SID) rose to 5-year highs; up 9.80% or 0.050 to 0.560.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.89% or 1.24 to $66.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $71.92 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 10.90 to trade at $1356.80 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.19% to 3.2325, while EUR/PEN rose 0.13% to 4.0024.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 89.22.