Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Consumer Goods & Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.57% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA), which rose 2.54% or 0.38 points to trade at 15.35 at the close. Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) added 1.96% or 2.180 points to end at 113.420 and Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA) was up 1.80% or 1.67 points to 94.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX), which lost 1.42% or 0.680 points to trade at 47.310 in late trade. PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) declined 0.65% or 1.26 points to end at 191.78 and Arca Continental , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AC) shed 0.60% or 0.84 points to 138.66.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 203 to 107 and 15 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.68% or 9.10 to $1341.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.42% or 0.90 to hit $64.47 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $69.83 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.02% to 18.6940, while EUR/MXN rose 0.01% to 22.9931.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 89.88.