Mexico stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/BMV IPC up 0.02%

Mexico stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/BMV IPC up 0.02%

Apr 23, 2018

Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Materials, Industrials and Financial Services sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC gained 0.02%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO), which rose 2.40% or 0.730 points to trade at 31.150 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB De CV Class B (MX:GAPB) added 2.33% or 4.53 points to end at 199.20 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) was up 2.19% or 7.16 points to 333.61 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA), which fell 15.79% or 2.07 points to trade at 11.04 at the close. Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) declined 3.98% or 0.99 points to end at 23.86 and El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) was down 2.00% or 2.62 points to 128.28.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 211 to 97 and 13 ended unchanged.

Shares in VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) fell to 3-years lows; falling 15.79% or 2.07 to 11.04.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.94% or 12.60 to $1325.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.77% or 0.53 to hit $68.93 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.27% or 0.94 to trade at $75.00 a barrel.

USD/MXN was up 2.19% to 18.9333, while EUR/MXN rose 1.52% to 23.1127.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.69% at 90.70.

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