Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods & Services, Industrials and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which rose 7.64% or 47.58 points to trade at 670.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) added 7.13% or 25.46 points to end at 382.68 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (MX:GAPB) was up 6.67% or 12.92 points to 206.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which fell 2.13% or 9.77 points to trade at 448.38 at the close. Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) declined 1.51% or 1.640 points to end at 107.310 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) was down 1.05% or 0.250 points to 23.500.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 144 to 133 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) rose to all time highs; gaining 7.13% or 25.46 to 382.68. Shares in Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (MX:GAPB) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.67% or 12.92 to 206.52.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.21% or 2.66 to $1258.16 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.40% or 1.17 to hit $47.67 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.02% or 1.04 to trade at $50.48 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.11% to 18.7612, while EUR/MXN rose 0.34% to 20.4965.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 98.83.