Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC declined 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion SAB de CV (BMV:VOLARA), which rose 2.00% or 0.28 points to trade at 14.27 at the close. Meanwhile, Wal Mart de Mexico SAB de CV (BMV:WALMEX) added 0.75% or 0.45 points to end at 60.48 and Gentera SAB de CV (BMV:GENTERA) was up 0.72% or 0.18 points to 25.21 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Qualitas Controladora, SAB De CV (BMV:Q), which fell 4.38% or 6.57 points to trade at 143.41 at the close. Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:MEGACPO) declined 2.84% or 1.18 points to end at 40.35 and Regional SAB de CV (BMV:RA) was down 2.83% or 3.50 points to 120.02.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 128 to 102 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.88% or 24.20 to $2,763.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.81% or 1.27 to hit $71.31 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $75.54 a barrel.
USD/MXN was unchanged 0.01% to 19.95, while EUR/MXN fell 0.07% to 21.54.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 103.89.