Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Telecoms Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 1.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO), which rose 6.84% or 0.640 points to trade at 9.990 at the close. Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) added 3.59% or 2.010 points to end at 57.990 and Fomento Economico Mexicano UBD (MX:FMSAUBD) was up 2.76% or 4.440 points to 165.220 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Empresas ICA , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICA), which lost 6.13% or 0.370 points to trade at 5.670 in late trade. Grupo Simec, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:SIMECB) declined 2.14% or 0.830 points to end at 38.000 and Industrias CH, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICHB) shed 2.03% or 1.160 points to 55.890.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 87 to 63 and 7 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 1.24% or 13.40 to $1070.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.41% or 1.00 to hit $40.73 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.02% or 0.90 to trade at $43.66 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.21% to 16.7452, while EUR/MXN fell 0.47% to 17.8327.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 99.70.