Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Financial Services and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA), which rose 2.77% or 0.590 points to trade at 21.920 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) added 2.71% or 0.80 points to end at 30.36 and PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) was up 1.93% or 3.630 points to 191.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO), which fell 2.21% or 0.400 points to trade at 17.680 at the close. Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA) declined 1.76% or 0.640 points to end at 35.630 and Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) was down 1.34% or 0.790 points to 58.260.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 133 to 125 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.52% or 6.40 to $1239.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.66% or 0.35 to hit $53.46 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $55.77 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.04% to 20.3908, while EUR/MXN rose 0.05% to 21.7653.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 100.45.