Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services, Materials and Consumer Goods & Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC fell 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB de CV Class B (MX:BSMXB), which rose 3.46% or 0.880 points to trade at 26.290 at the close. Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) added 2.42% or 1.550 points to end at 65.550 and Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO) was up 2.38% or 1.36 points to 58.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO), which lost 2.01% or 2.310 points to trade at 112.860 in late trade. Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) declined 2.01% or 0.260 points to end at 12.660 and Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA) shed 1.70% or 1.54 points to 88.91.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 139 to 119 and 9 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.77% or 10.40 to $1344.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.53% or 1.00 to hit $64.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.02% or 0.71 to trade at $68.81 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.31% to 18.3956, while EUR/MXN fell 0.01% to 22.8184.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 88.97.