Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Materials, Consumer Staples and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which rose 5.86% or 1.490 points to trade at 26.920 at the close. Meanwhile, Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) added 2.93% or 1.000 points to end at 35.100 and Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) was up 2.51% or 1.160 points to 47.430 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Empresas ICA , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICA), which fell 4.24% or 0.100 points to trade at 2.260 at the close. Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) declined 1.02% or 2.740 points to end at 264.910 and America Movil L , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AMXL) was down 1.01% or 0.110 points to 10.820.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 100 to 74 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) rose to 3-years highs; rising 2.93% or 1.000 to 35.100. Shares in Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.51% or 1.160 to 47.430.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.61% or 8.35 to $1364.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 4.05% or 1.60 to hit $41.11 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 3.76% or 1.57 to trade at $43.37 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.16% to 18.8883, while EUR/MXN fell 0.92% to 21.0565.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.53% at 95.52.