Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Industrials and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1), which rose 4.03% or 3.130 points to trade at 81.170 at the close. Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM) added 2.73% or 1.130 points to end at 42.680 and Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) was up 2.40% or 0.790 points to 33.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA), which lost 2.21% or 0.720 points to trade at 31.750 in late trade. Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX) declined 1.01% or 0.420 points to end at 41.080 and America Movil L , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AMXL) shed 0.59% or 0.080 points to 13.440.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 93 to 61 and 13 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.37% or 4.50 to $1225.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 5.18% or 1.86 to hit $37.75 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 4.99% or 1.89 to trade at $39.76 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.27% to 17.6468, while EUR/MXN fell 0.16% to 20.1057.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 94.52.