Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Healthcare and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX), which rose 3.09% or 1.190 points to trade at 39.750 at the close. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) added 2.78% or 6.990 points to end at 258.390 and Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA) was up 2.62% or 2.07 points to 81.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Industrias CH, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICHB), which lost 1.44% or 0.890 points to trade at 61.080 in late trade. Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) declined 1.02% or 0.230 points to end at 22.280 and Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) shed 0.78% or 0.690 points to 88.250.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 63 and 4 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $1154.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.29% or 0.15 to hit $53.23 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.27% or 0.16 to trade at $58.84 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.33% to 15.6551, while EUR/MXN fell 0.24% to 17.2301.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 96.80.