Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC gained 1.04%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which rose 3.27% or 0.450 points to trade at 14.200 at the close. Meanwhile, VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) added 2.98% or 0.46 points to end at 15.91 and Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) was up 2.87% or 0.44 points to 15.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEGACPO), which fell 1.22% or 1.030 points to trade at 83.200 at the close. Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) declined 1.16% or 0.480 points to end at 40.770 and Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO) was down 0.43% or 0.49 points to 114.68.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 213 to 71 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.78% or 10.50 to $1329.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.41% or 0.26 to hit $63.63 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.62% or 0.42 to trade at $68.44 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.61% to 18.2081, while EUR/MXN rose 0.28% to 22.2840.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 90.14.