Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Materials, Industrials and Consumer Goods & Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which rose 4.64% or 16.50 points to trade at 372.29 at the close. Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA) added 3.86% or 1.250 points to end at 33.620 and Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) was up 3.67% or 0.530 points to 14.970 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fomento Economico Mexicano UBD (MX:FMSAUBD), which lost 1.81% or 3.06 points to trade at 166.00 in late trade. Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO) declined 0.98% or 0.71 points to end at 71.50 and VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) shed 0.81% or 0.09 points to 11.05.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 166 to 107 and 12 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.65% or 8.60 to $1321.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.35% or 0.25 to hit $71.39 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.20 to trade at $77.41 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 1.74% to 19.2284, while EUR/MXN fell 1.21% to 22.9198.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 92.56.