Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Non-Metal Minerals, Industrials and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA), which rose 8.37% or 0.170 points to trade at 2.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Sider (LM:SID) added 5.41% or 0.040 points to end at 0.780 and PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) was unchanged 2.70% or 0.00 points to 0.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which fell 18.67% or 0.0140 points to trade at 0.0610 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) declined 4.60% or 0.040 points to end at 0.830 and Panoro (LM:PML) was down 3.41% or 0.009 points to 0.255.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 18 to 15 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sider (LM:SID) rose to 5-year highs; up 5.41% or 0.040 to 0.780. Shares in PPX Mining Corp (LM:PPX) unchanged to 52-week highs; unchanged 2.70% or 0.00 to 0.08.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.64% or 1.18 to $70.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $78.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.12% or 14.40 to trade at $1304.00 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.18% to 3.2675, while EUR/PEN rose 0.24% to 3.8361.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 93.72.
