Peru stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food&Beverages, Mining and Non-Metal Minerals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Alicorp (LM:ALI), which rose 7.53% or 0.770 points to trade at 11.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Sider (LM:SID) added 4.84% or 0.030 points to end at 0.650 and Minsur (LM:MINi) was up 2.92% or 0.040 points to 1.410 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG), which fell 6.82% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.230 at the close. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 5.56% or 0.010 points to end at 0.170 and Trevali Mining (LM:TV) was down 1.85% or 0.010 points to 0.530.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 15 to 8 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Panoro (LM:PML) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.56% or 0.010 to 0.170.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 3.46% or 2.28 to $68.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $74.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.40 to trade at $1202.40 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.47% to 3.2840, while EUR/PEN fell 0.20% to 3.8064.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 95.00.
