BVL falls early in the day due to sharp decline in copper | Trade | Economy

The Lima Stock Exchange (BVL) began the day Wednesday with negative indices due to sharp decline in the price of copper on the international market, which affects local mining shares being given fears of a further escalation of the US-Chinese trade war

General Index of the BVL, the most representative of the local stock exchange, began the session ] down 0.83 % from 20,019 to 19,848 points

Meanwhile, the selective index of the BVL which is composed of the 15 most traded shares on the market, Retirement 1, 23% from 527.74 to 521.26 points.

It should be remembered that the BVL ended Tuesday with negative indices, driven by a sharp decline in shares of the mining sector, after the decline in prices of precious metals and basic. In the end, the S & P / BVL Peru General Index got a negative score of 0.38% and ended at 20,019.89 units, while the S & P / BVL Peru Selectivo lost 0.34% to 527.74 points.

International Market [19659006] Major Asian equity markets were mixed at the close, as were the Latin American markets and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

The Dow Jones Industrial Average of the New York Stock Exchange increases 0.63%, while the Standard & Poor's Index and the Nasdaq Technology Index respectively fall by 0, 43% and 0.59%.