Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB), which rose 3.19% or 0.980 points to trade at 31.690 at the close. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) added 2.68% or 7.240 points to end at 279.000 and Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) was up 2.10% or 5.460 points to 265.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which lost 3.88% or 0.720 points to trade at 17.830 in late trade. Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO) declined 2.22% or 2.290 points to end at 100.480 and Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) shed 1.89% or 0.45 points to 23.24.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 82 to 80 and 5 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.47% or 18.75 to $1291.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.65% or 0.29 to hit $44.61 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.30 to trade at $45.31 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.13% to 17.8666, while EUR/MXN fell 0.17% to 20.3755.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 93.84.