Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Materials, Industrials and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB), which rose 3.26% or 1.05 points to trade at 33.23 at the close. Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) added 2.56% or 2.690 points to end at 107.810 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) was up 2.17% or 8.12 points to 382.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which lost 2.11% or 0.600 points to trade at 27.790 in late trade. Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) declined 1.22% or 0.380 points to end at 30.740 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) shed 1.00% or 4.08 points to 404.99.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 144 to 126 and 17 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.31% or 3.91 to $1250.81 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.27% or 0.56 to hit $44.80 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.43% or 0.67 to trade at $47.59 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.77% to 17.8477, while EUR/MXN fell 0.42% to 20.3100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 95.74.