Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Industrials and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1), which rose 4.03% or 3.130 points to trade at 81.170 at the close. Meanwhile, Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM) added 2.73% or 1.130 points to end at 42.680 and Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) was up 2.59% or 2.430 points to 95.950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA), which fell 2.21% or 0.720 points to trade at 31.750 at the close. Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX) declined 1.01% or 0.420 points to end at 41.080 and America Movil L , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AMXL) was down 0.59% or 0.080 points to 13.440.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 93 to 61 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.37% or 4.50 to $1225.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 5.21% or 1.87 to hit $37.76 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 4.99% or 1.89 to trade at $39.76 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.26% to 17.6478, while EUR/MXN fell 0.12% to 20.1135.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 94.52.