Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Materials and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC added 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO), which rose 4.78% or 0.760 points to trade at 16.660 at the close. Grupo Televisa SA (MX:TLVACPO) added 1.92% or 1.640 points to end at 87.250 and Fomento Economico Mexicano UBD (MX:FMSAUBD) was up 1.81% or 2.800 points to 157.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB), which lost 5.61% or 1.740 points to trade at 29.270 in late trade. Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) declined 2.82% or 0.53 points to end at 18.28 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) shed 2.63% or 10.270 points to 380.840.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 150 to 83 and 9 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.54% or 6.10 to $1139.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.64% or 0.87 to hit $53.89 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $56.81 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.01% to 20.7548, while EUR/MXN fell 0.02% to 21.7072.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 103.00.