Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Industrials and Consumer Goods & Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA), which rose 5.14% or 3.000 points to trade at 61.390 at the close. Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) added 3.98% or 1.320 points to end at 34.480 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) was up 3.38% or 0.750 points to 22.970 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA), which lost 1.75% or 1.81 points to trade at 101.49 in late trade. Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB De CV (MX:SANMEXB) declined 1.06% or 0.330 points to end at 30.670 and Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) shed 0.94% or 0.140 points to 14.770.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 147 to 102 and 10 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.42% or 5.35 to $1280.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.19% or 0.67 to hit $57.09 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.08 to trade at $62.78 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.08% to 18.7876, while EUR/MXN rose 0.04% to 22.0452.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.89.