Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC added 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which rose 2.29% or 17.53 points to trade at 784.37 at the close. Meanwhile, Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) added 1.71% or 0.380 points to end at 22.600 and PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) was up 1.10% or 2.15 points to 197.09 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which fell 3.15% or 0.840 points to trade at 25.850 at the close. Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) declined 1.66% or 0.330 points to end at 19.550 and Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM) was down 1.14% or 0.550 points to 47.640.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 128 to 96 and 6 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.01% or 0.17 to $1315.13 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.34% or 0.16 to hit $46.41 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.24 to trade at $51.66 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.07% to 17.8593, while EUR/MXN fell 0.12% to 21.3840.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 92.27.