Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Banking & Financials and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Inversiones Centenario SAA (LM:ICE), which rose 7.84% or 0.400 points to trade at 5.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Atacocha (LM:ATB) added 2.42% or 0.008 points to end at 0.338 and Credicorp (LM:BAP) was up 1.60% or 2.400 points to 152.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Relapasa (LM:REL), which fell 4.92% or 0.012 points to trade at 0.232 at the close. Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) declined 4.00% or 0.020 points to end at 0.480 and Corporacion Aceros Arequipa SA (LM:ARE) was down 3.70% or 0.020 points to 0.520.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 14 to 12 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 4.11% or 1.97 to $45.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.90% or 1.91 to hit $47.09 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.53% or 6.30 to trade at $1183.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.12% to 3.4225, while EUR/PEN fell 0.13% to 3.6125.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 101.48.