Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Telecoms Services and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC added 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Financiero Inbursa, SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO), which rose 3.79% or 1.300 points to trade at 35.650 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) added 2.39% or 2.010 points to end at 86.420 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) was up 1.93% or 4.220 points to 223.300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bolsa Mexicana De Valores SAB De CV (MX:BOLSAA), which fell 2.79% or 0.780 points to trade at 27.200 at the close. Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA) declined 2.06% or 1.64 points to end at 77.60 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) was down 1.88% or 0.300 points to 15.640.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 69 to 55 and 5 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $1172.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $59.14 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.40% or 1.49 to trade at $63.37 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.25% to 15.7282, while EUR/MXN fell 0.66% to 17.5124.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.71% at 95.75.