UPDATE 1-Peru posts wider June trade surplus of $879 mln

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LIMA, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Peru's trade surplus widened 12 percent to $879 million in June from $784 million in the same month a year earlier, the central bank said on Thursday.

Exports in the latest month totaled $2.4 billion while imports were $1.5 billion, the bank said.

The trade surplus for the six months of the year was $3.6 billion, up from $3.4 billion in the first half of last year.

Peru's trade surplus hit a record $8.9 billion last year as the economy expanded by more than 8 percent, led mainly by high prices for mineral exports.