Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Industrials and Banking & Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Cerro Verde (LM:CVE), which rose 4.44% or 1.000 points to trade at 23.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Volcan Compania Minera SAA (LM:VOLa) added 3.70% or 0.100 points to end at 2.800 and Buenaventura (LM:BVN) was up 3.45% or 0.400 points to 12.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ferreyros (LM:FER), which fell 5.08% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.870 at the close. Relapasa (LM:REL) declined 4.17% or 0.010 points to end at 0.230 and Luz Del Sur (LM:LUZ) was down 2.58% or 0.300 points to 11.350.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 13 to 11 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Volcan Compania Minera SAA (LM:VOLa) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 3.70% or 0.100 to 2.800.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.35% or 0.17 to $49.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $51.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 3.75 to trade at $1269.65 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.08% to 3.2430, while EUR/PEN rose 0.06% to 3.5359.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 98.89.