Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Materials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 1.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO), which rose 13.09% or 1.710 points to trade at 14.730 at the close. Mexichem, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM) added 4.81% or 2.010 points to end at 43.910 and Bolsa Mexicana De Valores SAB De CV (MX:BOLSAA) was up 2.82% or 0.680 points to 24.740 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Financiero Inbursa, SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO), which lost 1.28% or 0.520 points to trade at 39.950 in late trade. Grupo Televisa SA (MX:TLVACPO) declined 0.22% or 0.220 points to end at 99.580 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) shed 0.08% or 0.020 points to 24.010.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 97 to 46 and 3 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 0.09% or 1.20 to $1265.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 4.54% or 2.20 to hit $50.65 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 4.40% or 2.38 to trade at $56.55 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.70% to 14.7874, while EUR/MXN rose 0.53% to 16.9794.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.97% at 93.66.