Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Consumer Goods & Services and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC gained 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA), which rose 3.09% or 0.46 points to trade at 15.36 at the close. Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) added 2.54% or 1.670 points to end at 67.420 and Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) was up 2.15% or 5.28 points to 250.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO), which lost 1.36% or 0.210 points to trade at 15.180 in late trade. Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA) declined 1.29% or 0.450 points to end at 34.360 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) shed 0.88% or 0.930 points to 104.330.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 159 to 88 and 20 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.11% or 1.40 to $1320.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.73% or 0.45 to hit $61.56 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.51% or 0.35 to trade at $67.72 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.58% to 19.1802, while EUR/MXN fell 0.87% to 23.0761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 91.75.