Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Industrials and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC gained 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA), which rose 5.22% or 0.70 points to trade at 14.10 at the close. Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM) added 3.58% or 2.110 points to end at 61.000 and Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) was up 3.54% or 2.450 points to 71.610 in late trade.
Biggest losers included VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA), which lost 2.59% or 0.31 points to trade at 11.64 in late trade. Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) declined 1.77% or 0.690 points to end at 38.290 and Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) shed 1.67% or 1.110 points to 65.260.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 152 to 127 and 13 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.95% or 11.80 to $1227.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.30% or 0.20 to hit $66.87 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $71.79 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.42% to 18.8999, while EUR/MXN rose 0.01% to 22.0438.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 94.72.