Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC declined 1.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (BMV:PEOLES), which rose 1.19% or 3.76 points to trade at 320.95 at the close. Cemex SAB de CV (BMV:CEMEXCPO) added 1.15% or 0.15 points to end at 13.20 and Becle SA (BMV:CUERVO) was up 0.31% or 0.06 points to 19.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orbia Advance Corporation SAB de CV (BMV:ORBIA), which lost 7.77% or 1.23 points to trade at 14.61 in late trade. Regional SAB de CV (BMV:RA) declined 5.22% or 7.41 points to end at 134.44 and Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:ALSEA) shed 4.40% or 2.17 points to 47.13.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 151 to 94 and 13 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.12% or 33.08 to $2,930.12 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.25% or 1.59 to hit $69.11 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.26% or 1.68 to trade at $72.63 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.04% to 20.46, while EUR/MXN rose 0.42% to 21.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 106.19.