Mexico stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/BMV IPC up 0.28%

Mexico stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/BMV IPC up 0.28%

Sep 06, 2018

Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Industrials and Financial Services sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC gained 0.28%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB), which rose 3.16% or 11.11 points to trade at 362.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) added 2.31% or 7.33 points to end at 325.30 and Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) was up 1.86% or 0.460 points to 25.140 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA), which fell 2.63% or 0.42 points to trade at 15.54 at the close. Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) declined 2.26% or 0.420 points to end at 18.130 and Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) was down 2.07% or 17.85 points to 844.86.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 134 to 128 and 15 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.35% or 4.20 to $1205.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.14% or 0.78 to hit $67.94 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.75% or 0.58 to trade at $76.69 a barrel.

USD/MXN was down 0.67% to 19.2133, while EUR/MXN fell 0.72% to 22.3350.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 94.98.

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