Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Materials, Healthcare and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC added 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB), which rose 5.00% or 2.250 points to trade at 47.250 at the close. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) added 4.90% or 22.240 points to end at 476.010 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) was up 4.43% or 1.050 points to 24.760 in late trade.
Biggest losers included America Movil L , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AMXL), which lost 2.79% or 0.340 points to trade at 11.850 in late trade. Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) declined 2.41% or 0.390 points to end at 15.820 and Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM) shed 1.92% or 0.850 points to 43.490.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 101 to 71 and 2 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.13% or 1.75 to $1305.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.21% or 0.54 to hit $44.12 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.70% or 0.79 to trade at $45.56 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.71% to 19.0353, while EUR/MXN fell 0.49% to 21.1890.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 96.99.