Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 1.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:GCARSOA1), which rose 3.34% or 3.73 points to trade at 115.54 at the close. Qualitas Controladora, SAB De CV (BMV:Q) added 3.22% or 5.44 points to end at 174.50 and Cemex SAB de CV (BMV:CEMEXCPO) was up 2.99% or 0.34 points to 11.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orbia Advance Corporation SAB de CV (BMV:ORBIA), which lost 0.99% or 0.15 points to trade at 14.97 in late trade. Gruma SAB de CV (BMV:GRUMAB) declined 0.66% or 2.15 points to end at 325.36 and Banco Del Bajio SA Institution De Banca Multiple (BMV:BBAJIOO) shed 0.64% or 0.27 points to 41.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 149 to 47 and 16 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.79% or 20.62 to $2,638.72 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.07% or 0.76 to hit $71.75 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.16% or 0.85 to trade at $74.42 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.97% to 20.84, while EUR/MXN rose 0.51% to 21.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 108.24.