Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Materials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB), which rose 3.22% or 7.85 points to trade at 251.29 at the close. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) added 2.47% or 10.88 points to end at 451.98 and Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM) was up 2.40% or 1.130 points to 48.310 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which lost 1.83% or 0.490 points to trade at 26.350 in late trade. Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO) declined 1.29% or 1.48 points to end at 113.24 and Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO) shed 1.29% or 1.18 points to 90.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 133 to 107 and 17 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.09% or 1.20 to $1291.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 3.33% or 1.57 to hit $48.66 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 3.55% or 1.81 to trade at $52.84 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.79% to 17.7062, while EUR/MXN fell 0.47% to 20.8276.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 93.32.