Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Electricity and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Edegel (LM:EDE), which rose 5.41% or 0.120 points to trade at 2.340 at the close. Meanwhile, Atacocha (LM:ATB) added 4.05% or 0.016 points to end at 0.411 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was up 2.90% or 0.020 points to 0.710 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi), which fell 4.00% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.480 at the close. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 3.33% or 0.005 points to end at 0.145 and Ferreyros (LM:FER) was down 2.94% or 0.050 points to 1.650.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 15 to 14 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Atacocha (LM:ATB) rose to 3-years highs; rising 4.05% or 0.016 to 0.411. Shares in Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.90% or 0.020 to 0.710.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.10% or 1.07 to $49.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.63% or 0.88 to hit $53.05 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.38% or 4.40 to trade at $1174.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.21% to 3.4065, while EUR/PEN fell 0.13% to 3.6650.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 100.25.