Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the S&P Lima Juniors, Industrials and Non-Metal Minerals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.19% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Andino Investment Holding SAA (LM:AIH), which rose 3.86% or 0.110 points to trade at 2.960 at the close. Meanwhile, Panoro (LM:PML) added 3.33% or 0.009 points to end at 0.279 and PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) was unchanged 1.41% or 0.00 points to 0.07 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Relapasa (LM:REL), which fell 2.52% or 0.008 points to trade at 0.310 at the close. Cerro Verde (LM:CVE) declined 1.36% or 0.400 points to end at 29.000 and Buenaventura (LM:BVN) was down 1.26% or 0.210 points to 16.500.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 18 to 12 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) unchanged to 52-week highs; unchanged 1.41% or 0.00 to 0.07.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $68.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.20% or 0.15 to hit $73.63 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.84% or 11.30 to trade at $1337.50 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.04% to 3.2185, while EUR/PEN fell 0.26% to 3.9643.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 90.08.
