Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Non-Metal Minerals, Industrials and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Casa Grande (LM:CSG), which rose 2.97% or 0.220 points to trade at 7.620 at the close. Meanwhile, Sider (LM:SID) added 2.50% or 0.009 points to end at 0.369 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) was up 2.00% or 0.008 points to 0.407 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which fell 9.56% or 0.370 points to trade at 3.500 at the close. Backus Johnsto (LM:BKJi) declined 3.12% or 0.500 points to end at 15.500 and Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC) was down 2.18% or 0.75 points to 33.63.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 13 to 10 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 3.13% or 1.59 to $52.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 3.15% or 1.69 to hit $55.33 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.50% or 5.95 to trade at $1191.45 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.29% to 3.3967, while EUR/PEN fell 0.65% to 3.5583.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 101.72.