Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Materials, Consumer Staples and Consumer Goods & Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC gained 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM), which rose 2.44% or 1.150 points to trade at 48.260 at the close. Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) added 2.30% or 0.32 points to end at 14.25 and Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) was up 1.64% or 0.370 points to 22.960 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB De CV (MX:SANMEXB), which lost 2.80% or 0.820 points to trade at 28.490 in late trade. VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) declined 2.70% or 0.45 points to end at 16.19 and Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) shed 1.92% or 1.210 points to 61.710.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 169 to 96 and 15 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.02% or 0.30 to $1269.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.29% or 0.17 to hit $58.26 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.96% or 0.62 to trade at $64.13 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.04% to 19.4607, while EUR/MXN fell 0.07% to 23.0921.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 92.84.