Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services, Industrials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO), which rose 6.61% or 7.110 points to trade at 114.650 at the close. Becle SA (MX:CUERVO) added 5.81% or 1.660 points to end at 30.240 and VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) was up 4.31% or 0.84 points to 20.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO), which lost 5.79% or 5.30 points to trade at 86.21 in late trade. America Movil SAB de CV (MX:AMXL) declined 1.73% or 0.290 points to end at 16.480 and Coca Cola Femsa SAB De CV (MX:KOFL) shed 1.07% or 1.45 points to 133.48.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 145 to 105 and 6 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 5.57 to $1275.17 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.62% or 1.38 to hit $54.02 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.94% or 1.15 to trade at $60.45 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.25% to 19.1556, while EUR/MXN fell 0.61% to 22.2401.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 94.73.