Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Materials and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB), which rose 6.34% or 2.600 points to trade at 43.700 at the close. Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO) added 3.04% or 2.310 points to end at 78.250 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (MX:GAPB) was up 2.78% or 2.710 points to 100.330 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA), which lost 5.33% or 0.900 points to trade at 15.950 in late trade. Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) declined 4.81% or 0.660 points to end at 13.080 and Empresas ICA, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICA) shed 4.62% or 0.700 points to 14.410.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 70 to 54 and 3 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 0.69% or 8.70 to $1269.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March fell 8.39% or 4.45 to hit $48.60 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract fell 5.81% or 3.37 to trade at $54.55 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 1.58% to 14.8854, while EUR/MXN rose 0.38% to 16.8861.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.84% at 94.55.