Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Materials, Industrials and Telecoms Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC added 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB), which rose 3.26% or 1.05 points to trade at 33.23 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) added 2.56% or 2.690 points to end at 107.810 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) was up 2.17% or 8.12 points to 382.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which fell 2.11% or 0.600 points to trade at 27.790 at the close. Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) declined 1.22% or 0.380 points to end at 30.740 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) was down 1.00% or 4.08 points to 404.99.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 144 to 126 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) rose to all time highs; rising 2.17% or 8.12 to 382.36.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.33% or 4.08 to $1250.98 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.29% or 0.57 to hit $44.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.43% or 0.67 to trade at $47.59 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.76% to 17.8503, while EUR/MXN fell 0.42% to 20.3100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 95.74.