Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Consumer Goods & Services and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC added 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO), which rose 3.53% or 1.180 points to trade at 34.730 at the close. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) added 3.49% or 7.560 points to end at 224.000 and Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) was up 2.67% or 1.940 points to 74.630 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which lost 5.51% or 0.940 points to trade at 16.090 in late trade. Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX) declined 4.56% or 0.980 points to end at 20.600 and Empresas ICA , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICA) shed 2.98% or 0.230 points to 7.430.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 79 to 73 and 7 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.35% or 4.00 to $1127.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.76% or 0.78 to hit $45.21 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.87% or 0.89 to trade at $48.23 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.25% to 17.0275, while EUR/MXN fell 0.21% to 19.1555.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 96.06.