Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods & Services, Telecoms Services and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC added 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Bolsa Mexicana De Valores SAB De CV (MX:BOLSAA), which rose 4.91% or 1.520 points to trade at 32.500 at the close. VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) added 1.78% or 0.46 points to end at 26.36 and El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) was up 1.51% or 2.22 points to 149.52 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which lost 5.13% or 1.260 points to trade at 23.290 in late trade. Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) declined 1.41% or 0.430 points to end at 30.120 and Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) shed 1.23% or 0.390 points to 31.400.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 192 to 85 and 3 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.97% or 12.60 to $1281.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 3.55% or 1.86 to hit $50.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 3.39% or 1.86 to trade at $53.03 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 1.40% to 18.8516, while EUR/MXN rose 1.25% to 20.2022.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 99.67.