Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 0.16% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which rose 2.87% or 0.530 points to trade at 19.000 at the close. Coca-Cola Femsa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:KOFL) added 2.80% or 3.460 points to end at 126.980 and Grupo Elektra, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) was up 2.43% or 8.660 points to 366.690 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (MX:GAPB), which lost 1.50% or 1.640 points to trade at 107.400 in late trade. Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) declined 1.39% or 0.670 points to end at 47.720 and Arca Continental, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AC) shed 1.27% or 1.180 points to 92.040.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 64 to 61 and 6 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.04% or 0.50 to $1185.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.55% or 0.33 to hit $60.12 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $63.68 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.89% to 15.2518, while EUR/MXN fell 0.13% to 17.2883.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.77% at 94.48.