Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods & Services and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB), which rose 2.43% or 1.370 points to trade at 57.640 at the close. Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEGACPO) added 2.30% or 1.900 points to end at 84.620 and Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) was up 2.01% or 10.36 points to 524.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which lost 2.70% or 9.13 points to trade at 329.00 in late trade. Arca Continental , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AC) declined 1.73% or 2.02 points to end at 114.85 and Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) shed 1.33% or 0.490 points to 36.260.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 189 to 115 and 20 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.11% or 1.40 to $1300.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.79% or 0.52 to hit $65.00 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.49% or 0.37 to trade at $75.75 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.82% to 20.2977, while EUR/MXN fell 0.33% to 23.8937.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 93.62.