Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Friday, 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 gained 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (BMV:KIMBERA), which rose 5.44% or 1.52 points to trade at 29.47 at the close. Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:ALSEA) added 4.96% or 2.14 points to end at 45.30 and Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:ALFAA) was up 4.10% or 0.61 points to 15.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orbia Advance Corporation SAB de CV (BMV:ORBIA), which lost 4.24% or 0.64 points to trade at 14.47 in late trade. Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion SAB de CV (BMV:VOLARA) declined 2.75% or 0.45 points to end at 15.94 and Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:GCARSOA1) shed 2.35% or 2.68 points to 111.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 129 to 104 and 15 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.23% or 32.11 to $2,640.21 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.57% or 1.11 to hit $69.47 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $72.90 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 1.03% to 20.08, while EUR/MXN fell 0.46% to 20.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 107.58.