Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC gained 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which rose 4.12% or 21.64 points to trade at 546.32 at the close. Meanwhile, Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA) added 3.31% or 1.060 points to end at 33.110 and Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) was up 2.85% or 6.66 points to 240.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA), which fell 1.54% or 0.21 points to trade at 13.44 at the close. Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) declined 1.48% or 0.30 points to end at 20.00 and Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) was down 1.22% or 0.340 points to 27.640.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 205 to 113 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.53% or 6.70 to $1249.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.71% or 0.52 to hit $73.28 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.07 to trade at $77.53 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 2.28% to 19.7193, while EUR/MXN fell 2.22% to 22.7979.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 95.04.