Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Financial Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 1.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1), which rose 3.47% or 2.430 points to trade at 72.500 at the close. Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) added 3.21% or 0.410 points to end at 13.180 and VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) was up 3.14% or 0.42 points to 13.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GMexico Transportes SA de CV (MX:GMXT), which lost 0.85% or 0.280 points to trade at 32.490 in late trade. PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) declined 0.77% or 1.54 points to end at 198.56 and Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) shed 0.48% or 0.260 points to 53.550.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 153 to 107 and 15 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.58% or 6.90 to $1201.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.64% or 0.42 to hit $65.84 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.32 to trade at $72.53 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.71% to 18.8734, while EUR/MXN rose 0.09% to 21.8375.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 95.14.