Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services, Industrials and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB), which rose 1.37% or 0.62 points to trade at 45.80 at the close. Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) added 0.42% or 0.270 points to end at 65.570 and Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX) was up 0.41% or 0.170 points to 41.640 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1), which lost 4.30% or 3.490 points to trade at 76.800 in late trade. Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) declined 3.42% or 1.180 points to end at 33.200 and PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) shed 3.34% or 7.340 points to 211.590.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 83 to 70 and 10 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.02% or 12.40 to $1231.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.68% or 0.60 to hit $36.30 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.41% or 0.53 to trade at $38.22 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 1.30% to 17.7145, while EUR/MXN rose 1.28% to 20.1744.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 94.60.