Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Financial Services and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC gained 2.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which rose 7.72% or 19.08 points to trade at 266.31 at the close. Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) added 4.82% or 2.190 points to end at 47.630 and Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO) was up 4.57% or 2.63 points to 60.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA), which lost 1.45% or 0.400 points to trade at 27.260 in late trade. Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) declined 1.38% or 1.330 points to end at 94.970 and Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) shed 0.91% or 0.140 points to 15.300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 192 to 126 and 13 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.91% or 22.90 to $1222.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.62% or 0.35 to hit $56.81 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.35 to trade at $66.97 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.20% to 20.1882, while EUR/MXN rose 0.56% to 23.0465.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 96.32.