Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Materials, Consumer Staples and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM), which rose 6.57% or 3.380 points to trade at 54.850 at the close. Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) added 2.90% or 0.550 points to end at 19.510 and Becle SA (MX:CUERVO) was up 2.61% or 0.840 points to 33.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA), which lost 3.43% or 0.59 points to trade at 16.59 in late trade. Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) declined 1.98% or 0.520 points to end at 25.700 and Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) shed 1.37% or 0.19 points to 13.64.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 164 to 135 and 13 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.14% or 1.90 to $1334.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.54% or 0.95 to hit $62.63 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $66.23 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.05% to 18.5942, while EUR/MXN fell 0.09% to 22.9249.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 89.66.