Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services, Telecoms Services and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 1.14% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Empresas ICA , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICA), which rose 4.10% or 0.120 points to trade at 3.050 at the close. Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) added 3.49% or 3.640 points to end at 108.030 and El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) was up 3.38% or 6.410 points to 196.090 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA), which lost 2.13% or 0.45 points to trade at 20.66 in late trade. Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) declined 1.47% or 0.820 points to end at 55.120 and VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) shed 1.18% or 0.41 points to 34.38.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 74 and 9 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.60% or 8.15 to $1343.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 4.05% or 1.69 to hit $43.40 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 4.29% or 1.89 to trade at $45.94 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.85% to 18.2568, while EUR/MXN fell 1.18% to 20.3395.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 95.88.