Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services, Telecoms Services and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 1.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which rose 9.68% or 1.770 points to trade at 20.050 at the close. Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB) added 5.49% or 1.650 points to end at 31.680 and Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) was up 5.38% or 1.460 points to 28.610 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which lost 2.88% or 0.660 points to trade at 22.220 in late trade. Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) declined 1.28% or 1.030 points to end at 79.530 and El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) shed 1.23% or 1.930 points to 155.620.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 180 to 88 and 13 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.47% or 5.50 to $1172.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.41% or 1.20 to hit $50.97 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $53.98 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.04% to 20.3058, while EUR/MXN fell 0.04% to 21.5557.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.83% at 101.11.