Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Industrials and Consumer Goods & Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 0.60% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB), which rose 4.03% or 3.780 points to trade at 97.530 at the close. La Comercial (MX:LCMRUBC) added 2.00% or 0.36 points to end at 18.40 and PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) was up 2.12% or 4.750 points to 229.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Empresas ICA , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICA), which lost 1.84% or 0.080 points to trade at 4.270 in late trade. Telesites SAB de CV (MX:SITESL) declined 1.36% or 0.140 points to end at 10.120 and Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) shed 1.12% or 0.480 points to 42.470.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 85 to 81 and 7 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.83% or 22.40 to $1244.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.69% or 1.06 to hit $38.33 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.32% or 0.95 to trade at $39.92 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.64% to 17.3222, while EUR/MXN rose 0.27% to 19.5661.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.86% at 95.16.