Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Healthcare and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1), which rose 3.97% or 3.080 points to trade at 80.590 at the close. Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO) added 2.50% or 2.66 points to end at 108.90 and Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) was up 2.50% or 0.760 points to 31.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA), which lost 1.86% or 0.47 points to trade at 24.80 in late trade. PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) declined 1.68% or 3.33 points to end at 194.39 and Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) shed 1.59% or 0.710 points to 43.990.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 163 to 130 and 11 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.81% or 10.24 to $1251.16 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.82% or 0.42 to hit $51.55 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.39 to trade at $54.26 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.13% to 18.6405, while EUR/MXN fell 0.59% to 20.8482.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 97.26.