Lima Stock Exchange opens the week in negative territory

The Lima Stock Exchange (BVL) it opened with its main stock market indicators falling on August 14.

At the average of 10:00 am, the S&P/BVL Peru General Index, the most representative of the Lima stock market, registered a variation of -1.07% and was located at 23,725.96 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 -0.62% to 606.28 points.

The Consumer and Industrial sectors showed an increase with 0.14% and 0.34%, respectively. While Financials (-2.56%), Mining (-2.10%), Services (-0.65%) and Electric (-0.65%) were negative.

At the international level, the European stock markets began the week without a clear direction, with slight falls that could be corrected throughout a session that, even so, analysts expect to be downward, and with reduced trading volumes, typical of summer.

Wall Street began the week in red and the Dow Jones Industrials, its main indicator, lost a slight 0.04%.

On the other hand, Argentine sovereign bonds listed on Wall Street and other international markets reacted negatively this Monday with falls close to 10% before the market opened in Buenos Aires, after the surprise victory of the far-right Javier Milel in the primaries held on Sunday.