Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Financial Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 1.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB), which rose 3.59% or 1.060 points to trade at 30.550 at the close. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) added 2.77% or 14.280 points to end at 529.010 and Grupo Televisa SA (MX:TLVACPO) was up 2.65% or 2.390 points to 92.570 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA), which lost 4.58% or 1.740 points to trade at 36.260 in late trade. Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) declined 3.78% or 0.710 points to end at 18.060 and Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) shed 3.51% or 0.950 points to 26.120.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 139 to 128 and 5 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.26% or 3.15 to $1235.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.49% or 1.32 to hit $51.69 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.06 to trade at $54.72 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.03% to 20.6155, while EUR/MXN fell 0.07% to 22.0178.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 100.39.