Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Non-Metal Minerals and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which rose 6.00% or 0.0060 points to trade at 0.1060 at the close. Meanwhile, Compania Minera Milpo SAA Class I (LM:MILi) added 3.23% or 0.100 points to end at 3.200 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was up 2.78% or 0.050 points to 1.850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sider (LM:SID), which fell 3.09% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.470 at the close. Relapasa (LM:REL) declined 3.01% or 0.009 points to end at 0.290 and Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) was down 2.78% or 0.020 points to 0.700.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 14 to 13 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.63% or 0.38 to $59.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.93% or 0.62 to hit $65.84 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.40 to trade at $1291.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2405, while EUR/PEN rose 0.41% to 3.8594.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 92.64.