Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financial Services, Consumer Staples and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA), which rose 4.51% or 1.10 points to trade at 25.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) added 2.19% or 16.56 points to end at 774.01 and Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) was up 1.45% or 0.230 points to 16.120 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bolsa Mexicana De Valores SAB De CV (MX:BOLSAA), which fell 2.08% or 0.650 points to trade at 30.560 at the close. PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) declined 2.06% or 4.02 points to end at 191.10 and Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) was down 1.99% or 0.450 points to 22.210.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 179 to 101 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.05% or 13.48 to $1296.18 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.81% or 0.86 to hit $48.26 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 0.69 to trade at $50.16 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.68% to 18.2225, while EUR/MXN fell 0.35% to 20.5727.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 96.53.