Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods & Services, Financial Services and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 0.68% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which rose 14.88% or 73.83 points to trade at 570.07 at the close. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) added 4.77% or 22.22 points to end at 487.91 and Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX) was up 3.43% or 0.860 points to 25.920 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA), which lost 2.18% or 0.600 points to trade at 26.900 in late trade. Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) declined 2.14% or 0.460 points to end at 21.010 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) shed 2.13% or 7.33 points to 336.07.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 141 to 115 and 9 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.28% or 3.55 to $1256.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.08% or 0.56 to hit $52.26 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.56% or 0.31 to trade at $55.20 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.45% to 18.6758, while EUR/MXN fell 0.82% to 19.7929.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 101.04.