Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods & Services, Financial Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA), which rose 9.26% or 1.06 points to trade at 12.51 at the close. Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) added 2.76% or 1.820 points to end at 67.650 and Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) was up 2.73% or 1.060 points to 39.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA), which lost 2.45% or 0.850 points to trade at 33.860 in late trade. Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) declined 2.18% or 0.45 points to end at 20.15 and Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO) shed 1.38% or 1.07 points to 76.32.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 168 to 100 and 13 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.60% or 7.30 to $1231.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.22% or 0.15 to hit $68.09 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.44 to trade at $73.02 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.11% to 19.0322, while EUR/MXN rose 0.56% to 22.3063.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.79% at 94.23.