Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC fell 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which rose 1.50% or 12.06 points to trade at 815.00 at the close. Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) added 1.24% or 0.290 points to end at 23.600 and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB De CV (MX:SANMEXB) was up 1.03% or 0.370 points to 36.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bolsa Mexicana De Valores SAB De CV (MX:BOLSAA), which lost 3.16% or 1.070 points to trade at 32.820 in late trade. Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO) declined 2.60% or 3.05 points to end at 114.19 and Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) shed 2.33% or 0.410 points to 17.160.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 148 to 65 and 15 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.62% or 7.64 to $1241.34 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.93% or 0.43 to hit $46.45 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.99% or 0.48 to trade at $48.90 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.64% to 17.4751, while EUR/MXN rose 0.01% to 20.1888.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 94.44.