Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Materials and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC added 1.87%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA), which rose 4.63% or 1.050 points to trade at 23.750 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) added 3.20% or 1.920 points to end at 62.000 and Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) was up 3.17% or 2.000 points to 65.180 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA), which fell 2.05% or 0.32 points to trade at 15.30 at the close. Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) declined 1.03% or 0.260 points to end at 24.900 and Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEGACPO) was down 0.25% or 0.210 points to 82.620.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 167 to 100 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.80% or 10.80 to $1336.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.87% or 0.55 to hit $63.56 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.52 to trade at $68.16 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.13% to 18.2191, while EUR/MXN fell 0.38% to 22.3577.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 89.85.