Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Materials, Telecoms Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC added 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which rose 3.07% or 0.360 points to trade at 12.080 at the close. America Movil L , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AMXL) added 2.61% or 0.340 points to end at 13.370 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) was up 2.35% or 5.210 points to 226.890 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Empresas ICA , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICA), which lost 2.33% or 0.100 points to trade at 4.190 in late trade. Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) declined 1.72% or 0.74 points to end at 42.35 and Coca-Cola Femsa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:KOFL) shed 1.06% or 1.460 points to 135.690.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 86 to 54 and 14 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 1.48% or 18.80 to $1254.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.74% or 0.66 to hit $38.50 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.92% or 0.37 to trade at $40.42 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.69% to 17.6871, while EUR/MXN fell 0.89% to 19.7162.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 96.22.