Peru stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Food&Beverages and Non-Metal Minerals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 1.39%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Buenaventura (LM:BVN), which rose 6.74% or 0.840 points to trade at 13.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Grana Y Monter (LM:GRA) added 3.75% or 0.090 points to end at 2.490 and Casa Grande (LM:CSG) was up 3.75% or 0.150 points to 4.150 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bco Continenta (LM:CON), which fell 2.12% or 0.090 points to trade at 4.150 at the close. Inversiones Centenario SAA (LM:ICE) declined 1.15% or 0.040 points to end at 3.430 and Milpo (LM:MIL) was 0.00% or 0.000 points to 4.000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 20 to 2 and 9 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.58% or 0.39 to $66.68 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $71.70 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.99% or 12.30 to trade at $1227.40 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.12% to 3.2725, while EUR/PEN fell 0.46% to 3.8095.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 94.73.
