Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financial Services, Industrials and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC gained 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO), which rose 3.02% or 2.990 points to trade at 102.150 at the close. Meanwhile, Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) added 2.61% or 0.810 points to end at 31.900 and Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) was up 2.59% or 1.460 points to 57.840 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA), which fell 1.46% or 0.33 points to trade at 22.22 at the close. Empresas ICA , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICA) declined 0.56% or 0.020 points to end at 3.560 and La Comercial (MX:LCMRUBC) was down 0.55% or 0.10 points to 18.16.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 97 to 56 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) rose to all time highs; rising 3.02% or 2.990 to 102.150. Shares in Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.59% or 1.460 to 57.840.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.82% or 10.40 to $1259.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.22% or 1.09 to hit $50.22 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.25% or 1.12 to trade at $51.00 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 1.30% to 18.2522, while EUR/MXN fell 0.53% to 20.7834.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.53% at 93.31.