Peru stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the S&P Lima Juniors, Food&Beverages and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General declined 0.74% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Empresa Agroindustrial Pomalca (LM:POM), which rose 5.00% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.105 at the close. Meanwhile, Casa Grande (LM:CSG) added 2.63% or 0.100 points to end at 3.900 and Minsur (LM:MINi) was up 2.11% or 0.030 points to 1.450 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Candente Copper (LM:DNT), which fell 10.53% or 0.0060 points to trade at 0.0510 at the close. Panoro (LM:PML) declined 8.82% or 0.015 points to end at 0.155 and Trevali Mining (LM:TV) was down 3.70% or 0.020 points to 0.520.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 19 to 8 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Panoro (LM:PML) fell to 52-week lows; losing 8.82% or 0.015 to 0.155.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 3.46% or 2.34 to $69.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $79.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 3.80 to trade at $1203.60 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.36% to 3.3378, while EUR/PEN rose 0.25% to 3.8683.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 95.05.
