Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Industrials and Non-Metal Minerals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General fell 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which rose 6.67% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Inversiones Centenario SAA (LM:ICE) added 4.28% or 0.240 points to end at 5.850 and Atacocha (LM:ATB) was up 3.85% or 0.010 points to 0.270 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Minera Irl (LM:IRL), which fell 7.50% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.07 at the close. Unacem (LM:CEL) declined 3.67% or 0.090 points to end at 2.360 and Relapasa (LM:REL) was down 3.04% or 0.007 points to 0.223.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 14 to 13 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.67% or 0.100 to 1.600. Shares in Inversiones Centenario SAA (LM:ICE) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.28% or 0.240 to 5.850.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.45% or 0.64 to $44.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $47.70 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.63 to trade at $1250.53 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.2485, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.7006.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 95.78.