Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Consumer Goods & Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEXV), which rose 8.75% or 2.590 points to trade at 32.330 at the close. Alsea, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) added 3.61% or 1.450 points to end at 41.800 and Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) was up 2.73% or 0.440 points to 16.640 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB), which lost 3.58% or 1.240 points to trade at 33.410 in late trade. El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) declined 2.24% or 3.570 points to end at 155.890 and Compartamos, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GENTERA) shed 2.02% or 0.590 points to 28.740.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 74 to 60 and 3 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 2.22% or 28.00 to $1234.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 3.08% or 1.55 to hit $52.03 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 2.83% or 1.60 to trade at $58.17 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.50% to 14.8633, while EUR/MXN fell 0.87% to 16.8252.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.17% at 94.77.