Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Agriculture and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which rose 8.70% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.250 at the close. Meanwhile, Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC) added 3.66% or 0.95 points to end at 26.92 and Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) was up 3.15% or 0.550 points to 18.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Relapasa (LM:REL), which fell 3.02% or 0.007 points to trade at 0.225 at the close. Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi) declined 1.97% or 0.280 points to end at 13.920 and Casa Grande (LM:CSG) was down 1.67% or 0.100 points to 5.900.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 11 to 10 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.55% or 1.24 to $49.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $50.37 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1292.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2870, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.7583.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.66% at 93.68.