Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Consumer Staples and Consumer Goods & Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC added 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which rose 3.60% or 0.600 points to trade at 17.280 at the close. Meanwhile, Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) added 2.89% or 0.610 points to end at 21.750 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) was up 2.74% or 2.760 points to 103.460 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which fell 2.67% or 9.49 points to trade at 346.19 at the close. Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) declined 2.13% or 1.390 points to end at 63.910 and Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) was down 1.82% or 0.540 points to 29.060.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 209 to 86 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.28% or 3.70 to $1299.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $65.98 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.23% or 0.94 to trade at $75.52 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.55% to 20.7069, while EUR/MXN rose 0.26% to 24.3278.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 93.81.