Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Consumer Goods & Services and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC added 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Televisa SA (MX:TLVACPO), which rose 2.06% or 1.720 points to trade at 85.410 at the close. Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) added 1.85% or 0.300 points to end at 16.490 and America Movil L , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AMXL) was up 1.75% or 0.220 points to 12.770 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM), which lost 4.13% or 2.010 points to trade at 46.610 in late trade. Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX) declined 4.09% or 0.860 points to end at 20.180 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) shed 2.45% or 9.540 points to 380.620.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 154 to 113 and 10 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.81% or 9.20 to $1133.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.87% or 0.46 to hit $53.52 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $55.49 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.00% to 20.4582, while EUR/MXN fell 0.01% to 21.2514.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 103.26.