Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services, Telecoms Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.43% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO), which rose 1.81% or 1.910 points to trade at 107.610 at the close. Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) added 1.59% or 1.000 points to end at 64.060 and Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) was up 1.46% or 0.620 points to 43.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEGACPO), which lost 1.50% or 1.250 points to trade at 82.200 in late trade. VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) declined 1.38% or 0.22 points to end at 15.76 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) shed 0.87% or 3.48 points to 394.24.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 151 to 102 and 17 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.45% or 5.80 to $1297.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.42% or 0.25 to hit $59.89 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $66.17 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.04% to 19.7213, while EUR/MXN fell 0.04% to 23.5485.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 92.34.