Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Health Care, Industrials and Financial Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which rose 11.08% or 1.380 points to trade at 13.780 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB) added 3.57% or 1.180 points to end at 34.400 and Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) was up 2.59% or 0.460 points to 18.290 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which fell 3.61% or 9.720 points to trade at 261.270 at the close. Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX) declined 2.46% or 0.690 points to end at 27.290 and Gruma, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GRUMAB) was down 1.99% or 3.950 points to 194.360.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 68 to 56 and 5 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1153.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April rose 0.24% or 0.12 to hit $48.43 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.07 to trade at $57.94 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.01% to 15.4992, while EUR/MXN fell 0.03% to 16.3384.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 99.71.