Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC added 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Arca Continental , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AC), which rose 4.57% or 5.280 points to trade at 120.760 at the close. Meanwhile, El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) added 4.40% or 8.810 points to end at 209.000 and Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) was up 3.98% or 3.130 points to 81.750 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which fell 1.72% or 4.370 points to trade at 250.010 at the close. America Movil L , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AMXL) declined 1.25% or 0.140 points to end at 11.050 and Grupo Televisa SA (MX:TLVACPO) was down 0.63% or 0.630 points to 100.170.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 84 to 82 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.98% or 13.15 to $1330.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.16% or 0.99 to hit $44.94 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.42% or 1.16 to trade at $46.77 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 2.35% to 19.4096, while EUR/MXN fell 2.63% to 21.7795.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 95.35.