Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which rose 1.50% or 12.06 points to trade at 815.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) added 1.24% or 0.290 points to end at 23.600 and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB De CV (MX:SANMEXB) was up 1.03% or 0.370 points to 36.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bolsa Mexicana De Valores SAB De CV (MX:BOLSAA), which fell 3.16% or 1.070 points to trade at 32.820 at the close. Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO) declined 2.60% or 3.05 points to end at 114.19 and Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) was down 2.33% or 0.410 points to 17.160.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 148 to 65 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.60% or 7.42 to $1241.12 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.54% or 0.25 to hit $46.27 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.28% or 0.62 to trade at $49.04 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.62% to 17.4780, while EUR/MXN rose 0.01% to 20.1888.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 94.45.