Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods & Services, Financial Services and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA), which rose 5.22% or 1.110 points to trade at 22.380 at the close. Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) added 2.60% or 0.35 points to end at 13.80 and Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) was up 2.60% or 2.970 points to 117.160 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO), which lost 2.81% or 2.05 points to trade at 70.85 in late trade. Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) declined 1.56% or 0.690 points to end at 43.670 and Coca Cola Femsa SAB De CV (MX:KOFL) shed 1.39% or 1.80 points to 127.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 103 to 102 and 6 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.27% or 16.21 to $1294.41 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.72% or 1.50 to hit $56.64 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.23% or 1.37 to trade at $62.73 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.72% to 18.9175, while EUR/MXN fell 0.53% to 22.3084.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 93.61.