Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Materials, Financial Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB), which rose 3.25% or 1.820 points to trade at 57.740 at the close. Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO) added 3.13% or 3.430 points to end at 113.090 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) was up 2.25% or 8.560 points to 389.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA), which lost 1.23% or 0.450 points to trade at 36.110 in late trade. Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) declined 0.80% or 0.170 points to end at 21.110 and Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) shed 0.73% or 0.22 points to 30.06.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 121 to 102 and 13 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.31% or 3.55 to $1142.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.50% or 0.27 to hit $53.63 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.06 to trade at $56.72 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.02% to 20.7531, while EUR/MXN fell 0.09% to 21.6025.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 103.24.