Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Financial Services and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC added 1.54%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB), which rose 4.86% or 2.470 points to trade at 53.250 at the close. Meanwhile, America Movil L , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AMXL) added 4.30% or 0.610 points to end at 14.790 and Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB De CV Class B (MX:GAPB) was up 4.02% or 7.76 points to 200.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which fell 5.06% or 33.60 points to trade at 630.00 at the close. VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) declined 2.07% or 0.53 points to end at 25.13 and Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) was down 1.87% or 0.64 points to 33.53.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 158 to 121 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.17% or 2.11 to $1254.91 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.15% or 1.06 to hit $50.41 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.23% or 1.17 to trade at $53.68 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.76% to 18.6936, while EUR/MXN rose 0.14% to 20.9466.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.78% at 97.01.