Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Healthcare and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA), which rose 3.88% or 3.23 points to trade at 86.51 at the close. Meanwhile, Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) added 3.52% or 2.240 points to end at 65.920 and Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) was up 2.88% or 1.790 points to 64.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which fell 1.94% or 6.62 points to trade at 334.78 at the close. El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) declined 1.62% or 1.95 points to end at 118.15 and PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) was down 0.98% or 1.76 points to 178.21.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 190 to 141 and 11 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.09% or 1.10 to $1271.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 5.80% or 3.80 to hit $69.34 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 3.55% or 2.59 to trade at $75.64 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 1.53% to 20.0147, while EUR/MXN fell 1.06% to 23.3348.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 94.19.