Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Materials, Telecoms Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.32% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB), which rose 2.60% or 1.650 points to trade at 65.090 at the close. VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) added 2.20% or 0.35 points to end at 16.24 and Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) was up 1.81% or 9.46 points to 533.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA), which lost 3.32% or 0.47 points to trade at 13.70 in late trade. Arca Continental , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AC) declined 2.31% or 3.09 points to end at 130.72 and Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEGACPO) shed 2.10% or 1.790 points to 83.550.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 168 to 131 and 11 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.21% or 2.80 to $1352.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 3.44% or 2.29 to hit $68.81 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 3.12% or 2.23 to trade at $73.81 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.34% to 18.1077, while EUR/MXN rose 0.39% to 22.4155.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 89.34.