Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Consumer Staples and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC fell 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO), which rose 2.24% or 2.620 points to trade at 119.410 at the close. Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA) added 1.21% or 0.94 points to end at 78.65 and Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) was up 1.17% or 2.990 points to 257.780 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which lost 2.39% or 10.680 points to trade at 436.000 in late trade. Grupo Televisa SA (MX:TLVACPO) declined 2.06% or 2.080 points to end at 98.710 and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB) shed 1.88% or 0.650 points to 33.990.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 76 and 7 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.45% or 5.65 to $1254.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.97% or 0.50 to hit $50.85 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.19% or 0.63 to trade at $52.51 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.11% to 18.9064, while EUR/MXN fell 0.86% to 20.9019.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.78% at 97.67.