Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Materials, Telecoms Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB), which rose 3.25% or 1.850 points to trade at 58.850 at the close. Meanwhile, Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) added 2.13% or 0.290 points to end at 13.890 and Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) was up 1.47% or 0.41 points to 28.37 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO), which fell 3.49% or 3.760 points to trade at 104.090 at the close. Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) declined 2.85% or 21.23 points to end at 722.79 and Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) was down 2.12% or 0.480 points to 22.160.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 136 to 78 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.34% or 17.00 to $1249.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.18% or 0.66 to hit $56.62 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $62.06 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.12% to 18.9467, while EUR/MXN fell 0.10% to 22.3102.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 93.75.