Mexico shares higher at close of trade; S&P/BMV IPC up 0.64%

Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Goods&Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.64%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (BMV:TLEVISACPO), which rose 8.58% or 0.70 points to trade at 8.86 at the close. Cemex SAB de CV (BMV:CEMEXCPO) added 3.27% or 0.39 points to end at 12.33 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (BMV:LABB) was up 3.08% or 0.64 points to 21.45 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Regional SAB de CV (BMV:RA), which lost 2.49% or 3.07 points to trade at 120.01 in late trade. Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion SAB de CV (BMV:VOLARA) declined 2.16% or 0.28 points to end at 12.66 and Banco Del Bajio SA Institution De Banca Multiple (BMV:BBAJIOO) shed 1.38% or 0.66 points to 47.16.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 143 to 75 and 16 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.50% or 13.10 to $2,611.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.77% or 1.24 to hit $71.12 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $74.89 a barrel.

USD/MXN was up 0.12% to 19.32, while EUR/MXN fell 0.04% to 21.56.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 100.36.