Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, S&P Lima Juniors and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Casa Grande (LM:CSG), which rose 3.33% or 0.250 points to trade at 7.750 at the close. Meanwhile, Trevali Mining (LM:TV) added 2.70% or 0.020 points to end at 0.760 and Edelnor (LM:EDN) was up 0.87% or 0.050 points to 5.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Southern Copper Corp (LM:SPC), which fell 5.23% or 1.48 points to trade at 26.82 at the close. Sider (LM:SID) declined 5.00% or 0.020 points to end at 0.380 and Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) was down 3.23% or 0.020 points to 0.600.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 16 to 4 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.53% or 1.18 to $45.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $47.12 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.74% or 9.50 to trade at $1297.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.3865, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.7354.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 97.39.