Investing.com – Peru stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Non-Metal Minerals, Mining and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General lost 1.31%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which rose 8.91% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.100 at the close. Meanwhile, Casa Grande (LM:CSG) added 0.83% or 0.050 points to end at 6.050 and Bco Continenta (LM:CON) was up 0.74% or 0.030 points to 4.060 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cerro Verde (LM:CVE), which fell 5.41% or 1.000 points to trade at 17.500 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 4.44% or 0.020 points to end at 0.430 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was down 4.40% or 0.200 points to 4.350.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 23 to 5 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.92% or 0.94 to $47.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1288.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was unchanged 0.00% to 3.3375, while EUR/PEN unchanged 0.00% to 3.7298.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.65% at 95.03.