Peru stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Banking&Financials and Food&Beverages sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.07% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Panoro (LM:PML), which rose 3.90% or 0.008 points to trade at 0.213 at the close. Meanwhile, Austral Group SAA (LM:AUG) added 1.77% or 0.020 points to end at 1.150 and Trevali Mining (LM:TV) was up 1.61% or 0.010 points to 0.630 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Compania Minera Milpo SAA Class I (LM:MILi), which fell 5.17% or 0.150 points to trade at 2.750 at the close. Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb) declined 4.60% or 0.040 points to end at 0.830 and Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM) was down 4.17% or 0.005 points to 0.115.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 13 to 10 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.11% or 0.76 to $69.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.61% or 0.45 to hit $74.50 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 6.30 to trade at $1231.80 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.01% to 3.2730, while EUR/PEN fell 0.03% to 3.8228.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 93.98.
