Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods & Services, Telecoms Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC added 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEGACPO), which rose 3.99% or 3.290 points to trade at 85.650 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO) added 2.50% or 1.86 points to end at 76.24 and Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) was up 2.10% or 0.780 points to 37.850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM), which fell 0.68% or 0.390 points to trade at 57.150 at the close. Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) declined 0.57% or 1.41 points to end at 244.92 and Arca Continental , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AC) was down 0.53% or 0.64 points to 120.84.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 103 to 67 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.37% or 4.60 to $1258.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.26% or 0.19 to hit $74.33 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.41 to trade at $78.17 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.12% to 19.4397, while EUR/MXN fell 0.15% to 22.6584.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.19.