Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC added 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which rose 3.29% or 0.630 points to trade at 19.770 at the close. Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEGACPO) added 2.50% or 2.180 points to end at 89.460 and El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) was up 2.27% or 3.08 points to 138.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which lost 5.04% or 46.32 points to trade at 872.68 in late trade. Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) declined 1.90% or 2.530 points to end at 130.700 and Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA) shed 1.40% or 1.26 points to 88.87.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 187 to 102 and 24 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.09% or 1.10 to $1213.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.75% or 1.20 to hit $69.73 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.86% or 1.42 to trade at $77.71 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.58% to 18.9667, while EUR/MXN fell 0.48% to 22.2014.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 94.46.