Lima Stock Exchange closes down with -0.71%

The Lima Stock Exchange (BVL) closed the day on Tuesday lower with 11 sectors in red and only 3 in green, driven by construction, electricity and services actions.

At the close of business, the S&P/BVL Peru General index, the most representative of the Lima stock market, registered a decrease of -0.71%% and stood at 23,486.6 points.

Similarly, the index S&P/BVL Peru Selective, which is made up of the 15 most traded shares in the local market, recorded a loss of 0.81% and ended at 628.58 units.

The actions of the sectors that reported profits were: services with 0.15% and electricity with 0.15%. Likewise, the construction sector obtained gains with 0.54%. On the other hand, the mining sector had losses with -0.86%, the industrial sector with -0.21%, financial with -1.21% and consumption with -0.69%.

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Good stock performance

It should be noted that today, Friday, January 14, the President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo Terrones, reported that the Lima Stock Exchange had a percentage variation of 3.26%, its highest level since April 2012. This performance made the BVL lead the Latin American Stock Exchanges.

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The president showed a picture with the ranking of Latin American stock markets (which considers the figures up to Wednesday, January 12). In this, Peru has a positive variation of 3.26% with 23,529.12 points. Above countries like Chile (2.57%), Colombia (1.98%), Brazil with (1.84%) and Canada (0.56%).

Likewise, on January 12, 2022, a new historical record was registered for the BVL when the S&P/BVL Peru Select closed at 629.34 points, a figure not seen in 11 months. From the institution they indicated that the last maximum registered by this index was that of February 23, 2021, when it reached 613.23 points.