Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Banking & Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.35% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb), which rose 2.15% or 0.008 points to trade at 0.372 at the close. Meanwhile, Intergroup (LM:IFS) added 1.63% or 0.400 points to end at 25.000 and Corporacion Aceros Arequipa SA (LM:ARE) was up 1.33% or 0.005 points to 0.375 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi), which fell 6.06% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.310 at the close. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) declined 5.11% or 0.210 points to end at 3.900 and Relapasa (LM:REL) was down 3.57% or 0.005 points to 0.135.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 17 to 8 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.08% or 0.51 to $46.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.37% or 0.69 to hit $49.56 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.30% or 3.50 to trade at $1168.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.71% to 3.2340, while EUR/PEN rose 0.59% to 3.6735.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 94.79.