Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Materials, Telecoms Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC fell 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA), which rose 2.20% or 0.680 points to trade at 31.640 at the close. Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) added 1.95% or 0.550 points to end at 28.740 and El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) was up 1.65% or 1.93 points to 118.83 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEGACPO), which lost 3.99% or 3.420 points to trade at 82.350 in late trade. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) declined 3.52% or 12.13 points to end at 332.79 and Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) shed 2.41% or 0.49 points to 19.81.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 223 to 112 and 12 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.22% or 2.80 to $1277.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.13% or 0.74 to hit $64.95 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.15 to trade at $75.19 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.03% to 20.5322, while EUR/MXN fell 0.18% to 23.7967.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 94.64.