Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Materials and Consumer Goods & Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC added 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA), which rose 2.27% or 1.73 points to trade at 78.00 at the close. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) added 2.20% or 5.53 points to end at 256.74 and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB de CV Class B (MX:BSMXB) was up 1.82% or 0.500 points to 27.970 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO), which lost 1.00% or 1.090 points to trade at 108.040 in late trade. Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX) declined 0.99% or 0.480 points to end at 47.800 and Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) shed 0.79% or 0.190 points to 23.810.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 175 to 101 and 12 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.73% or 22.20 to $1302.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.87% or 0.46 to hit $53.59 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.45 to trade at $61.54 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.15% to 18.9892, while EUR/MXN rose 0.81% to 21.6738.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.88% at 95.447.