Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Materials, Telecoms Services and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC added 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO), which rose 3.29% or 0.370 points to trade at 11.600 at the close. Meanwhile, America Movil L , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AMXL) added 2.65% or 0.290 points to end at 11.240 and Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) was up 2.39% or 0.740 points to 31.720 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA), which fell 2.05% or 4.430 points to trade at 212.100 at the close. La Comercial (MX:LCMRUBC) declined 1.82% or 0.34 points to end at 18.30 and Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) was down 1.72% or 0.40 points to 22.84.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 73 to 57 and 5 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.61% or 7.90 to $1296.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.00% or 0.97 to hit $47.52 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.45% or 1.22 to trade at $48.61 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.21% to 18.8924, while EUR/MXN rose 0.31% to 21.2732.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.39% at 94.66.