Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Materials and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 0.80% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1), which rose 3.80% or 3.120 points to trade at 85.330 at the close. Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) added 3.05% or 7.880 points to end at 266.000 and Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) was up 2.53% or 0.790 points to 31.990 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA), which lost 2.61% or 0.790 points to trade at 29.430 in late trade. Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) declined 2.49% or 0.53 points to end at 20.78 and Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) shed 1.23% or 0.370 points to 29.780.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 112 to 60 and 4 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.52% or 6.60 to $1269.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.31% or 1.16 to hit $51.45 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.70% or 0.88 to trade at $52.56 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.52% to 18.5187, while EUR/MXN fell 0.57% to 20.3195.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 97.90.