Market close overview
Mexico's equities rose at the close Thursday, with the S&P/BMV IPC registering a 3.33% increase as stocks in the Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples sectors provided the bulk of the upside. Market participation tilted toward winners as rising issues outnumbered decliners on the exchange.
Top and bottom performers
The session's strongest performer on the S&P/BMV IPC was America Movil SAB de CV M (BMV:AMXB), which climbed 8.05% - adding 1.78 points to finish at 23.90. Cemex SAB de CV (BMV:CEMEXCPO) also posted notable gains, up 6.01% or 1.24 points to close at 21.87. Financial-sector support came from Grupo Financiero Banorte (BMV:GFNORTEO), which advanced 4.19% or 7.33 points to end at 182.46.
On the downside, Banco Del Bajio SA Institution De Banca Multiple (BMV:BBAJIOO) fell 2.99% or 1.63 points to 52.81 at the close. Becle SA (BMV:CUERVO) declined 1.18%, a drop of 0.17 points to 14.19, while Regional SAB de CV (BMV:RA) slipped 1.12% or 1.43 points to finish at 126.00.
Breadth, extremes and notable moves
Advancing issues outpaced decliners by 123 to 97 on the Mexico Stock Exchange, with 17 names unchanged at the close. Shares of America Movil rose to five-year highs as the stock reached 23.90, while Regional SAB de CV fell to 52-week lows after closing at 126.00.
Commodities and currency
Precious and energy markets showed divergent moves. Gold Futures for August delivery increased by 2.43%, up 100.35 to $4,233.65 a troy ounce. In energy, crude oil for July delivery fell 3.93%, down 3.54 to $86.49 a barrel, while the August Brent contract ticked up 0.09% or 0.08 to trade at $89.20 a barrel.
On the currency front, USD/MXN was effectively unchanged, edging 0.02% to 17.24, and EUR/MXN rose 0.03% to 19.96. The US Dollar Index Futures traded lower by 0.23% at 99.70.
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What this means for market participants
Thursday's session reflected concentrated strength in a number of large-cap industrial, consumer and financial names, lifting the benchmark substantially. Commodity price moves were mixed and currency pairs were relatively stable, while market breadth indicated more stocks advancing than falling.
Data in this report reflect prices and statistics cited at the close of trading on Thursday.