Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Mining and Banking & Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 1.03% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which rose 8.36% or 0.620 points to trade at 8.040 at the close. Meanwhile, Trevali Mining (LM:TV) added 6.92% or 0.033 points to end at 0.510 and Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) was up 1.56% or 0.040 points to 2.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi), which fell 6.45% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.290 at the close. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) declined 5.13% or 0.200 points to end at 3.900 and Sider (LM:SID) was down 4.54% or 0.005 points to 0.105.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 11 to 9 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sider (LM:SID) fell to all time lows; losing 4.54% or 0.005 to 0.105.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.18% or 0.09 to $46.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $49.67 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.90% or 22.20 to trade at $1187.60 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.03% to 3.2330, while EUR/PEN rose 0.41% to 3.6885.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.87% at 93.98.