Lima Stock Exchange shows indices in red this Monday, February 20

The Lima Stock Exchange (BVL) opened the day of this Monday, February 20 with its main stock indices down, while six of them showed no changes.

At the average of 09:30 am, the S&P/BVL Peru General Index, the most representative of the Lima stock market, registered a negative variation of -0.03% and was located at 21,940.15 points.

For its part, the S&P/BVL Peru Selective Index, which is made up of the most traded shares in the local market, recorded a variation of -0.04% to 574.77 points.

The Consumers, Financials and Mining sectors also showed falls of -0.02%, -0.05% and -0.05%, respectively. While Industrials, Services, Electric and Construction did not present variations.

At the political level, no early elections for this year have been achieved so far, and some analysts consider that this discussion should be transferred to the next legislature.

On the other hand, the Congress of the Republic formalized the accusations against former President Pedro Castillo and two of his former ministers, Juan Silva Villegas and Geiner Alvarado, for the crimes of aggravated criminal organization, aggravated influence peddling and collusion.