Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Materials and Financial Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 1.03% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which rose 4.38% or 0.650 points to trade at 15.480 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) added 3.64% or 1.510 points to end at 43.020 and Arca Continental , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AC) was up 2.96% or 3.85 points to 133.71 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA), which fell 4.59% or 0.68 points to trade at 14.15 at the close. VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) declined 0.87% or 0.14 points to end at 15.89 and Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) was down 0.64% or 0.170 points to 26.220.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 196 to 99 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.02% or 0.30 to $1350.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.65% or 0.43 to hit $66.65 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.30 to trade at $71.72 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.18% to 18.0448, while EUR/MXN rose 0.14% to 22.3328.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 89.19.