Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Materials, Telecoms Services and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC added 1.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:GMEXICOB), which rose 5.08% or 5.14 points to trade at 106.31 at the close. Gruma SAB de CV (BMV:GRUMAB) added 4.96% or 16.11 points to end at 340.75 and Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (BMV:GFINBURO) was up 4.39% or 1.90 points to 45.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GCC SAB de CV (BMV:GCC), which lost 1.42% or 2.41 points to trade at 167.02 in late trade. Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (BMV:KIMBERA) declined 1.23% or 0.38 points to end at 30.64 and Gentera SAB de CV (BMV:GENTERA) shed 0.93% or 0.21 points to 22.39.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 103 to 100 and 21 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.32% or 30.80 to $2,364.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.06% or 0.88 to hit $83.69 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.86 to trade at $87.10 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.34% to 18.19, while EUR/MXN unchanged 0.01% to 19.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 105.03.