Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods & Services, Industrials and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC gained 0.52% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA), which rose 3.82% or 1.570 points to trade at 42.650 at the close. Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) added 3.42% or 0.500 points to end at 15.140 and Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) was up 2.47% or 0.38 points to 15.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA), which lost 3.10% or 2.89 points to trade at 90.48 in late trade. Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEGACPO) declined 1.07% or 0.900 points to end at 82.980 and Becle SA (MX:CUERVO) shed 1.02% or 0.370 points to 35.800.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 151 to 98 and 10 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.63% or 22.20 to $1337.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.45% or 0.30 to hit $67.12 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $72.08 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.14% to 18.2021, while EUR/MXN fell 0.46% to 22.4406.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 89.46.