Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Consumer Staples and Financial Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB), which rose 3.40% or 1.10 points to trade at 33.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA) added 2.45% or 2.11 points to end at 88.13 and Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB De CV Class B (MX:GAPB) was up 2.17% or 4.26 points to 200.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA), which fell 2.01% or 0.50 points to trade at 24.32 at the close. Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) declined 1.63% or 0.260 points to end at 15.680 and Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX) was down 1.50% or 0.330 points to 21.600.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 150 to 130 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.21% or 2.69 to $1258.19 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.37% or 0.19 to hit $51.28 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.41% or 0.22 to trade at $53.93 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.99% to 18.4524, while EUR/MXN fell 0.63% to 20.7069.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 96.97.