Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Consumer Staples and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC added 0.42% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO), which rose 3.14% or 3.28 points to trade at 107.89 at the close. Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) added 2.03% or 2.100 points to end at 105.700 and Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA) was up 1.88% or 0.620 points to 33.630 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEGACPO), which lost 2.91% or 2.500 points to trade at 83.450 in late trade. Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) declined 2.45% or 1.580 points to end at 62.790 and VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) shed 2.26% or 0.37 points to 15.98.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 146 to 107 and 16 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.30% or 3.90 to $1291.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.63% or 0.38 to hit $59.59 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $65.97 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.01% to 19.6882, while EUR/MXN rose 0.01% to 23.4222.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 92.66.