Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC declined 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA), which rose 2.19% or 0.59 points to trade at 27.58 at the close. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) added 0.73% or 3.01 points to end at 414.00 and Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO) was up 0.66% or 0.75 points to 114.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fomento Economico Mexicano UBD (MX:FMSAUBD), which lost 1.50% or 2.66 points to trade at 175.08 in late trade. Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) declined 1.09% or 0.760 points to end at 68.840 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) shed 1.07% or 0.250 points to 23.180.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 61 to 53 and 14 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.41% or 5.03 to $1224.23 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $47.08 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $49.67 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.20% to 18.1934, while EUR/MXN fell 0.30% to 20.6395.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.99.