Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Non-Metal Minerals and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Atacocha (LM:ATB), which rose 1.96% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.520 at the close. Meanwhile, Intergroup (LM:IFS) added 0.98% or 0.400 points to end at 41.400 and Bco Continenta (LM:CON) was up 0.88% or 0.040 points to 4.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Trevali Mining (LM:TV), which fell 4.49% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.850 at the close. Buenaventura (LM:BVN) declined 3.65% or 0.580 points to end at 15.310 and Rimac Seguros y Reaseguros (LM:RSR) was down 3.42% or 0.050 points to 1.410.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 20 to 6 and 9 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.39% or 0.26 to $66.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $76.47 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.50 to trade at $1302.90 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.28% to 3.2625, while EUR/PEN fell 0.04% to 3.8470.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 93.56.