Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Non-Metal Minerals, Industrials and Banking & Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 1.92% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which rose 11.11% or 0.300 points to trade at 3.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Casa Grande (LM:CSG) added 9.43% or 0.330 points to end at 3.830 and Relapasa (LM:REL) was up 7.69% or 0.009 points to 0.126 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Milpo (LM:MIL), which fell 3.33% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.450 at the close. Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM) declined 1.69% or 0.003 points to end at 0.175 and Trevali Mining (LM:TV) was down 1.57% or 0.004 points to 0.250.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 13 to 7 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 10.97% or 2.88 to $29.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 9.36% or 2.81 to hit $32.88 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.68% or 8.50 to trade at $1239.30 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.30% to 3.5050, while EUR/PEN fell 0.29% to 3.9640.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.38% at 96.00.