Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Consumer Goods & Services and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.99%.
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 4.33% or 26.17 points to trade at 630.47 at the close. Meanwhile, America Movil SAB de CV (MX:AMXL) added 4.02% or 0.670 points to end at 17.340 and VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) was up 3.06% or 0.46 points to 15.49 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO), which fell 1.80% or 0.570 points to trade at 31.080 at the close. Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) declined 1.66% or 1.170 points to end at 69.240 and Becle SA (MX:CUERVO) was down 1.54% or 0.510 points to 32.540.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 189 to 137 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.74% or 23.20 to $1353.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.62% or 1.55 to hit $60.74 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $64.39 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.02% to 18.5634, while EUR/MXN rose 0.05% to 23.1259.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.77% at 88.91.