Investing.com – Peru stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking & Financials, S&P Lima Juniors and Electricity sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General rose 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Volcan Minera (LM:VOL_pb), which rose 3.03% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.680 at the close. Meanwhile, Buenaventura (LM:BVN) added 1.91% or 0.210 points to end at 11.000 and Credicorp (LM:BAP) was up 1.74% or 2.650 points to 154.650 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aceros Arequip (LM:AREi), which fell 2.56% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.380 at the close. Casa Grande (LM:CSG) declined 1.79% or 0.100 points to end at 5.500 and Minsur (LM:MINi) was down 1.67% or 0.020 points to 1.180.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lima Stock Exchange by 14 to 12 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Minsur (LM:MINi) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.67% or 0.020 to 1.180.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.25% or 0.15 to $59.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.79% or 0.53 to hit $65.63 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.52% or 6.20 to trade at $1182.70 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was up 0.35% to 3.1540, while EUR/PEN fell 0.75% to 3.5069.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 95.11.