Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Materials, Financial Services and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 1.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which rose 6.07% or 22.28 points to trade at 389.49 at the close. Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) added 5.29% or 0.690 points to end at 13.740 and Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO) was up 5.00% or 3.02 points to 63.37 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA), which lost 0.21% or 0.050 points to trade at 23.710 in late trade. Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) declined 0.20% or 0.050 points to end at 24.860 and GMexico Transportes SA de CV (MX:GMXT) shed 0.16% or 0.050 points to 32.160.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 157 to 86 and 13 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.04% or 0.50 to $1336.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $63.53 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.08 to trade at $68.20 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.63% to 18.1031, while EUR/MXN fell 0.61% to 22.2208.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 89.79.