Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods & Services, Telecoms Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB), which rose 2.88% or 6.40 points to trade at 228.70 at the close. Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) added 2.25% or 1.570 points to end at 71.390 and Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) was up 1.76% or 11.84 points to 684.23 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX), which lost 0.66% or 0.310 points to trade at 46.330 in late trade. Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) declined 0.57% or 0.680 points to end at 118.900 and Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) shed 0.53% or 0.090 points to 16.780.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 201 to 91 and 13 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.66% or 8.80 to $1351.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.92% or 1.24 to hit $65.97 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $69.75 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.02% to 18.3430, while EUR/MXN fell 0.01% to 22.9445.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 88.48.