Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Materials, Consumer Staples and Financial Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Empresas ICA , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICA), which rose 7.73% or 0.170 points to trade at 2.370 at the close. Meanwhile, Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA) added 3.34% or 2.45 points to end at 75.82 and Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) was up 2.59% or 0.300 points to 11.870 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB), which fell 1.90% or 0.85 points to trade at 43.77 at the close. Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB) declined 1.87% or 0.640 points to end at 33.500 and PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) was down 1.43% or 3.110 points to 214.170.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 100 to 60 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 2.78% or 33.65 to $1246.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.67% or 0.33 to hit $48.84 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.23 to trade at $49.81 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.43% to 18.5977, while EUR/MXN rose 1.49% to 21.1385.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.75% at 93.89.