Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:MEGACPO), which rose 7.02% or 2.38 points to trade at 36.29 at the close. Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:ALSEA) added 5.54% or 2.41 points to end at 45.90 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (BMV:PEOLES) was up 2.79% or 7.42 points to 273.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Qualitas Controladora, SAB De CV (BMV:Q), which lost 3.29% or 5.77 points to trade at 169.64 in late trade. Gentera SAB de CV (BMV:GENTERA) declined 2.39% or 0.58 points to end at 23.72 and Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion SAB de CV (BMV:VOLARA) shed 1.73% or 0.27 points to 15.36.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 105 to 92 and 16 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.12% or 29.69 to $2,670.69 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.98% or 1.42 to hit $73.14 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.69% or 1.26 to trade at $75.90 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 1.14% to 20.60, while EUR/MXN fell 2.01% to 21.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.73% at 109.09.