Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Telecoms Services and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA), which rose 3.87% or 1.220 points to trade at 32.710 at the close. Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB de CV Class B (MX:BSMXB) added 3.54% or 0.940 points to end at 27.510 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) was up 3.49% or 11.26 points to 333.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB), which lost 2.68% or 0.61 points to trade at 22.17 in late trade. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) declined 2.29% or 8.21 points to end at 350.00 and Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) shed 1.83% or 0.270 points to 14.500.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 190 to 100 and 17 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.08% or 1.10 to $1315.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.07% or 0.76 to hit $69.97 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.34% or 0.26 to trade at $75.91 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.59% to 19.5765, while EUR/MXN rose 0.11% to 23.2300.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 92.93.