Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Staples and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 0.74% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB), which rose 2.54% or 0.700 points to trade at 28.300 at the close. Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) added 2.10% or 0.69 points to end at 33.50 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) was up 1.81% or 3.890 points to 219.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which lost 3.30% or 0.630 points to trade at 18.510 in late trade. Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) declined 2.38% or 0.370 points to end at 15.090 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) shed 1.49% or 4.040 points to 267.070.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 70 to 54 and 2 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.33% or 3.90 to $1182.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $60.67 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $63.85 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.27% to 15.3948, while EUR/MXN fell 0.60% to 17.3196.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 95.22.