Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC declined 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA), which rose 3.45% or 0.38 points to trade at 11.39 at the close. Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) added 1.77% or 0.42 points to end at 24.18 and El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) was up 1.14% or 1.47 points to 129.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO), which lost 2.80% or 0.360 points to trade at 12.500 in late trade. Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) declined 2.45% or 0.590 points to end at 23.450 and Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) shed 1.78% or 4.03 points to 221.85.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 163 to 117 and 12 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.68% or 9.00 to $1333.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.33% or 0.91 to hit $67.73 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.08% or 0.81 to trade at $73.90 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.60% to 18.8270, while EUR/MXN fell 0.38% to 23.0319.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 90.56.