Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Materials, Industrials and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC added 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:GMEXICOB), which rose 5.09% or 4.84 points to trade at 99.99 at the close. Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (BMV:TLEVISACPO) added 5.08% or 0.51 points to end at 10.54 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (BMV:PEOLES) was up 4.38% or 10.78 points to 257.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Qualitas Controladora, SAB De CV (BMV:Q), which lost 4.88% or 9.31 points to trade at 181.55 in late trade. Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (BMV:LABB) declined 3.39% or 0.59 points to end at 16.81 and Fomento Economico Mexicano UBD (BMV:FEMSAUBD) shed 3.20% or 6.56 points to 198.17.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 125 to 113 and 22 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.08% or 25.25 to $2,372.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.77% or 0.62 to hit $81.33 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.79% or 0.67 to trade at $85.74 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.10% to 18.39, while EUR/MXN fell 0.62% to 19.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 105.31.