Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Financial Services and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Empresas ICA , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICA), which rose 3.65% or 0.150 points to trade at 4.240 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) added 3.19% or 1.100 points to end at 35.700 and Industrias CH, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICHB) was up 2.36% or 1.510 points to 65.220 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA), which fell 3.26% or 1.130 points to trade at 33.690 at the close. Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO) declined 2.58% or 2.600 points to end at 97.980 and PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) was down 2.13% or 4.900 points to 224.820.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 82 to 71 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.91% or 11.30 to $1224.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 4.23% or 1.62 to hit $36.72 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 4.07% or 1.64 to trade at $38.69 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.44% to 17.3547, while EUR/MXN rose 0.57% to 19.7766.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 94.59.