Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Consumer Goods & Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Televisa SA (MX:TLVACPO), which rose 9.51% or 8.810 points to trade at 101.410 at the close. Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) added 3.31% or 1.04 points to end at 32.45 and Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) was up 1.77% or 4.960 points to 284.480 in late trade.
Biggest losers included VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA), which lost 6.24% or 1.52 points to trade at 22.84 in late trade. Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) declined 3.57% or 10.160 points to end at 274.530 and Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) shed 2.73% or 1.770 points to 63.030.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 176 to 66 and 11 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.39% or 17.20 to $1250.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.46% or 0.78 to hit $54.37 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $56.49 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.03% to 19.6685, while EUR/MXN fell 0.01% to 20.8030.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 100.95.