Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Materials, Healthcare and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC fell 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO), which rose 1.87% or 0.290 points to trade at 15.770 at the close. Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) added 1.57% or 0.260 points to end at 16.870 and Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) was up 0.72% or 0.190 points to 26.760 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM), which lost 3.67% or 2.010 points to trade at 52.690 in late trade. Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) declined 2.91% or 0.630 points to end at 21.040 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) shed 2.37% or 10.32 points to 425.73.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 193 to 94 and 12 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.21% or 2.80 to $1337.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.41% or 1.58 to hit $63.98 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.06 to trade at $68.11 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.03% to 18.7456, while EUR/MXN fell 0.06% to 23.2611.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 89.02.