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 S&P/BMV IPC fell 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA), which rose 3.15% or 0.48 points to trade at 15.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) added 3.03% or 0.700 points to end at 23.800 and America Movil SAB de CV (MX:AMXL) was up 1.40% or 0.250 points to 18.090 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which fell 4.39% or 0.640 points to trade at 13.950 at the close. Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) declined 2.90% or 1.250 points to end at 41.910 and Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) was down 2.28% or 1.570 points to 67.330.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 173 to 102 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.39% or 0.640 to 13.950.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.02% or 0.30 to $1327.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $60.88 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $64.73 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.03% to 18.6039, while EUR/MXN fell 0.01% to 23.0530.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 89.70.