Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Banking & Financials and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.98% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Casa Grande (LM:CSG), which rose 4.80% or 0.300 points to trade at 6.550 at the close. Meanwhile, Atacocha (LM:ATB) added 4.17% or 0.015 points to end at 0.375 and Panoro (LM:PML) was up 3.97% or 0.006 points to 0.157 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which fell 18.07% or 0.0150 points to trade at 0.0680 at the close. Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM) declined 2.54% or 0.003 points to end at 0.115 and ENGIE Energia Peru SA (LM:ENGI) was down 1.15% or 0.090 points to 7.760.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 20 to 6 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM) fell to 3-years lows; losing 2.54% or 0.003 to 0.115. Shares in Panoro (LM:PML) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.97% or 0.006 to 0.157.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 3.42% or 1.61 to $48.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.59% or 1.83 to hit $52.86 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.13 to trade at $1290.27 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.03% to 3.2415, while EUR/PEN rose 0.03% to 3.8089.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 93.36.