Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Financial Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC fell 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which rose 1.03% or 0.210 points to trade at 20.650 at the close. Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) added 0.69% or 1.820 points to end at 266.500 and Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) was up 0.57% or 0.20 points to 35.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA), which lost 3.08% or 0.920 points to trade at 28.990 in late trade. Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX) declined 3.07% or 0.710 points to end at 22.440 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (MX:GAPB) shed 2.76% or 5.370 points to 189.100.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 91 to 78 and 5 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.88% or 11.15 to $1274.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.76% or 0.89 to hit $49.63 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.83% or 0.94 to trade at $50.52 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.12% to 18.5276, while EUR/MXN fell 0.12% to 20.1654.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 98.71.