Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Non-Metal Minerals, Industrials and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which rose 9.38% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.175 at the close. Meanwhile, Edegel (LM:EDE) added 3.71% or 0.130 points to end at 3.630 and Unacem (LM:CEL) was up 3.00% or 0.070 points to 2.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Minera Irl (LM:IRL), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.09 at the close. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 8.33% or 0.010 points to end at 0.110 and Sider (LM:SID) was down 4.31% or 0.009 points to 0.200.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 14 to 13 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Panoro (LM:PML) fell to 3-years lows; losing 8.33% or 0.010 to 0.110.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.33% or 0.81 to $60.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.16% or 0.76 to hit $64.94 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.47% or 5.60 to trade at $1181.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.02% to 3.1550, while EUR/PEN fell 0.43% to 3.5478.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 94.97.