Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and Consumer Goods & Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC added 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB), which rose 7.11% or 16.15 points to trade at 243.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) added 2.39% or 0.560 points to end at 23.960 and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB De CV (MX:SANMEXB) was up 2.23% or 0.810 points to 37.150 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB), which fell 3.44% or 1.24 points to trade at 34.84 at the close. Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO) declined 2.35% or 2.77 points to end at 115.16 and VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) was down 1.32% or 0.36 points to 26.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 118 to 108 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB De CV (MX:SANMEXB) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.23% or 0.810 to 37.150.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.10% or 1.23 to $1243.23 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.78% or 0.37 to hit $46.95 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.72% or 0.36 to trade at $49.34 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.34% to 17.4962, while EUR/MXN rose 0.68% to 20.3516.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 94.07.