Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which rose 3.27% or 0.450 points to trade at 14.200 at the close. VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) added 2.98% or 0.46 points to end at 15.91 and Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) was up 2.87% or 0.44 points to 15.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEGACPO), which lost 1.22% or 1.030 points to trade at 83.200 in late trade. Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) declined 1.16% or 0.480 points to end at 40.770 and Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO) shed 0.43% or 0.49 points to 114.68.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 213 to 71 and 13 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.78% or 10.50 to $1329.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.41% or 0.26 to hit $63.63 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.62% or 0.42 to trade at $68.44 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.61% to 18.2081, while EUR/MXN rose 0.26% to 22.2787.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 90.14.