Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Materials, Telecoms Services and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 1.29% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB), which rose 2.62% or 1.300 points to trade at 50.990 at the close. Meanwhile, Coca Cola Femsa SAB De CV (MX:KOFL) added 2.46% or 3.69 points to end at 153.90 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) was up 2.31% or 9.25 points to 410.49 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which fell 1.02% or 0.240 points to trade at 23.300 at the close. Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) declined 0.59% or 0.410 points to end at 68.800 and El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) was down 0.53% or 0.76 points to 143.31.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 164 to 96 and 7 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.27% or 3.33 to $1242.47 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.96% or 1.33 to hit $46.26 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.77% or 1.32 to trade at $48.95 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.57% to 18.1444, while EUR/MXN rose 0.41% to 20.7280.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 95.39.