Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Materials, Financial Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which rose 4.95% or 22.620 points to trade at 479.850 at the close. Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) added 3.29% or 1.000 points to end at 31.430 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) was up 2.68% or 0.550 points to 21.040 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which lost 1.55% or 0.350 points to trade at 22.250 in late trade. Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) declined 1.46% or 0.550 points to end at 37.140 and Arca Continental , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AC) shed 1.07% or 1.270 points to 117.520.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 103 to 67 and 6 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.40 to $1269.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.89% or 0.44 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $50.34 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.02% to 18.8379, while EUR/MXN rose 0.01% to 20.5303.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 98.92.