Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Staples and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA), which rose 2.89% or 6.610 points to trade at 235.420 at the close. Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM) added 2.45% or 1.050 points to end at 43.960 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) was up 2.20% or 2.570 points to 119.160 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Empresas ICA , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICA), which lost 2.30% or 0.070 points to trade at 2.970 in late trade. Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) declined 2.08% or 1.020 points to end at 47.980 and Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX) shed 1.39% or 0.360 points to 25.590.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 92 to 79 and 7 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.61% or 8.25 to $1357.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 3.23% or 1.51 to hit $48.30 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.05% or 1.02 to trade at $50.87 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.30% to 18.1931, while EUR/MXN rose 0.91% to 20.6577.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.60% at 94.12.