Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Financial Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC fell 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which rose 3.13% or 0.500 points to trade at 16.450 at the close. Coca Cola Femsa SAB De CV (MX:KOFL) added 2.60% or 3.00 points to end at 118.29 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) was up 1.55% or 5.01 points to 327.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO), which lost 3.07% or 4.190 points to trade at 132.190 in late trade. Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX) declined 2.79% or 1.570 points to end at 54.710 and PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) shed 2.37% or 4.85 points to 199.97.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 159 to 144 and 17 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.31% or 15.60 to $1207.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.27% or 0.20 to hit $75.10 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.36 to trade at $84.62 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.44% to 18.7982, while EUR/MXN rose 0.16% to 21.7105.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 95.12.