Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods & Services, Financial Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.33% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Bolsa Mexicana De Valores SAB De CV (MX:BOLSAA), which rose 3.91% or 1.240 points to trade at 32.960 at the close. Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) added 3.51% or 28.48 points to end at 838.90 and Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) was up 3.32% or 1.000 points to 31.130 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA), which lost 3.72% or 8.12 points to trade at 210.28 in late trade. Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) declined 1.37% or 0.250 points to end at 18.010 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) shed 0.87% or 0.970 points to 110.680.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 131 to 102 and 10 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.11% or 1.37 to $1217.73 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.23% or 0.56 to hit $46.05 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 0.67 to trade at $48.41 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.43% to 17.7013, while EUR/MXN fell 0.54% to 20.1813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 95.54.