Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.26% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1), which rose 4.39% or 3.700 points to trade at 87.990 at the close. Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX) added 3.59% or 0.750 points to end at 21.650 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) was up 3.48% or 0.690 points to 20.520 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA), which lost 2.01% or 0.520 points to trade at 25.320 in late trade. Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (MX:GAPB) declined 1.87% or 3.210 points to end at 168.430 and Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) shed 1.68% or 1.100 points to 64.560.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 160 to 126 and 10 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.89% or 10.80 to $1200.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.38% or 0.20 to hit $52.98 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.06 to trade at $55.38 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.09% to 21.0943, while EUR/MXN rose 0.07% to 22.6675.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 99.91.