Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Materials, Industrials and Telecoms Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1), which rose 6.19% or 3.840 points to trade at 65.840 at the close. Meanwhile, Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) added 4.11% or 0.640 points to end at 16.210 and Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) was up 3.55% or 2.020 points to 58.980 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA), which fell 0.63% or 0.200 points to trade at 31.750 at the close. Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEGACPO) declined 0.56% or 0.480 points to end at 85.110 and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB de CV Class B (MX:BSMXB) was down 0.54% or 0.150 points to 27.770.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 161 to 106 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1303.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.55% or 0.36 to hit $65.59 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.22% or 0.94 to trade at $76.38 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.97% to 20.2777, while EUR/MXN fell 1.22% to 23.8689.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.53.