Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods & Services and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC fell 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO), which rose 3.11% or 3.770 points to trade at 125.120 at the close. Bolsa Mexicana De Valores SAB De CV (MX:BOLSAA) added 2.09% or 0.640 points to end at 31.220 and Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) was up 1.58% or 3.82 points to 246.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which lost 2.68% or 0.610 points to trade at 22.160 in late trade. Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) declined 1.95% or 15.89 points to end at 799.73 and Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) shed 1.53% or 0.25 points to 16.12.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 140 to 91 and 11 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.19 to $1265.89 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.55% or 0.27 to hit $49.12 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.69% or 0.36 to trade at $52.01 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.38% to 17.8601, while EUR/MXN fell 0.77% to 20.9820.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 93.54.