Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Healthcare and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA), which rose 3.88% or 3.23 points to trade at 86.51 at the close. Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) added 3.52% or 2.240 points to end at 65.920 and Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) was up 2.88% or 1.790 points to 64.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which lost 1.94% or 6.62 points to trade at 334.78 in late trade. El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) declined 1.62% or 1.95 points to end at 118.15 and PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) shed 0.98% or 1.76 points to 178.21.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 190 to 141 and 11 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.09% or 1.10 to $1271.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 5.80% or 3.80 to hit $69.34 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 3.56% or 2.60 to trade at $75.65 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 1.53% to 20.0149, while EUR/MXN fell 1.04% to 23.3396.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 94.19.