Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Financial Services and Consumer Goods & Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC added 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB de CV Class B (MX:BSMXB), which rose 5.24% or 1.390 points to trade at 27.920 at the close. Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA) added 3.62% or 2.85 points to end at 81.50 and VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) was up 2.74% or 0.29 points to 10.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA), which lost 3.29% or 1.190 points to trade at 35.030 in late trade. Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) declined 1.62% or 1.020 points to end at 62.000 and Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) shed 1.57% or 0.21 points to 13.17.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 236 to 97 and 14 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.02% or 0.30 to $1301.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.79% or 1.16 to hit $65.89 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.61% or 1.97 to trade at $77.33 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.97% to 20.4984, while EUR/MXN rose 1.21% to 24.1949.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.41.