Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which rose 7.69% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.400 at the close. Meanwhile, Buenaventura (LM:BVN) added 5.64% or 0.630 points to end at 11.800 and Relapasa (LM:REL) was up 2.22% or 0.005 points to 0.230 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sociedad Minera el Brocal SAA (LM:BRO), which fell 4.29% or 0.300 points to trade at 6.700 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 2.30% or 0.020 points to end at 0.850 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was down 1.35% or 0.010 points to 0.730.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 14 to 13 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.41% or 0.22 to $53.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.19% or 0.11 to hit $56.85 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.61% or 18.35 to trade at $1159.25 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.13% to 3.3570, while EUR/PEN rose 0.84% to 3.5212.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.52% at 102.70.