Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, Industrials and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General gained 0.97% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Casa Grande (LM:CSG), which rose 4.84% or 0.300 points to trade at 6.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Relapasa (LM:REL) added 4.17% or 0.010 points to end at 0.250 and Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG) was up 4.17% or 0.060 points to 1.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which fell 20.00% or 0.0140 points to trade at 0.0560 at the close. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 5.13% or 0.006 points to end at 0.111 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was down 2.38% or 0.020 points to 0.820.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 19 to 8 and 9 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.23% or 1.48 to $47.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.20% or 0.10 to hit $50.31 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.54 to trade at $1219.64 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2915, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.5720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 99.50.