Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Healthcare and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC added 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Bolsa Mexicana De Valores SAB De CV (MX:BOLSAA), which rose 4.31% or 1.400 points to trade at 33.850 at the close. Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX) added 3.69% or 1.500 points to end at 42.190 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) was up 3.11% or 0.620 points to 20.530 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB), which lost 2.06% or 0.900 points to trade at 42.860 in late trade. Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) declined 1.88% or 4.670 points to end at 243.960 and El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) shed 1.62% or 3.300 points to 200.650.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 95 to 59 and 8 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.74% or 9.75 to $1316.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.41% or 0.18 to hit $43.76 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.18% or 0.54 to trade at $46.39 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.36% to 19.3443, while EUR/MXN rose 0.29% to 21.7473.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 95.30.