Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Financial Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC gained 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which rose 4.58% or 0.850 points to trade at 19.400 at the close. Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) added 3.93% or 13.74 points to end at 363.32 and Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX) was up 3.09% or 1.710 points to 57.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which lost 3.47% or 26.99 points to trade at 751.75 in late trade. GMexico Transportes SA de CV (MX:GMXT) declined 3.35% or 1.030 points to end at 29.760 and Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM) shed 1.78% or 1.120 points to 61.820.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 135 to 113 and 14 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.05% or 0.60 to $1229.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.98% or 0.67 to hit $69.32 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.68 to trade at $79.97 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.63% to 19.2758, while EUR/MXN rose 1.16% to 22.1926.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 95.41.