Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Banking & Financials and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which rose 6.11% or 0.080 points to trade at 1.390 at the close. Meanwhile, Casa Grande (LM:CSG) added 3.79% or 0.250 points to end at 6.850 and Sider (LM:SID) was up 2.00% or 0.008 points to 0.408 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC), which fell 2.09% or 0.55 points to trade at 25.80 at the close. Alicorp (LM:ALI) declined 1.59% or 0.120 points to end at 7.440 and Minsur (LM:MINi) was down 1.54% or 0.020 points to 1.280.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 15 to 11 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.65% or 0.28 to $42.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $45.01 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.38% or 5.15 to trade at $1346.45 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.3055, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.6923.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 96.06.