Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Industrials and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC added 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA), which rose 4.09% or 0.920 points to trade at 23.400 at the close. America Movil SAB de CV (MX:AMXL) added 3.51% or 0.610 points to end at 17.990 and Becle SA (MX:CUERVO) was up 2.83% or 0.920 points to 33.480 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO), which lost 1.49% or 0.210 points to trade at 13.930 in late trade. Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB de CV Class B (MX:BSMXB) declined 0.80% or 0.220 points to end at 27.390 and Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA) shed 0.44% or 0.42 points to 95.27.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 201 to 82 and 13 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.13% or 1.70 to $1356.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.35% or 0.82 to hit $61.42 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.08 to trade at $64.42 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.00% to 18.5027, while EUR/MXN fell 0.01% to 23.1332.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 88.47.