FILE PHOTO: Men walk past the logo of Walmart outside a store in Monterrey, Mexico February 12, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Walmart de Mexico, Mexico’s biggest retailer, said on Tuesday that sales at stores open for more than a year in Mexico rose by 2.2% in July compared to the same month last year.

Walmex, as the company is known, said total sales in Mexico increased by 3.6% in July.