Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.55% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Sider (LM:SID), which rose 5.97% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.710 at the close. Meanwhile, Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi) added 5.56% or 0.040 points to end at 0.760 and Relapasa (LM:REL) was up 3.90% or 0.008 points to 0.213 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX), which fell 10.96% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.07 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 6.76% or 0.050 points to end at 0.690 and Buenaventura (LM:BVN) was down 6.36% or 0.940 points to 13.850.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 16 to 13 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Trevali Mining (LM:TV) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.76% or 0.050 to 0.690.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 3.83% or 2.61 to $70.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $76.38 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.64% or 8.10 to trade at $1260.80 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.20% to 3.2675, while EUR/PEN fell 0.43% to 3.8115.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 94.36.