Mexico stocks are up at the close; S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.33% by Investing.com

Investing.com – Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Mexico, it was up 0.33%.

The best performers of the session were Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion SAB de CV (BMV: ), which rose 5.04% or 0.54 points to trade at 11.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB De CV Class B (BMV: ) added 2.91% or 8.99 points to end at 317.10 and GCC SAB de CV (BMV: ) was up 2. 76% or 4.12 points to 153.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Grupo Financiero Inbursa SAB De CV (BMV: ), which declined 2.09% or 0.99 points to trade at 46.59 at the close. Alfa, SAB De CV (BMV: ) declined 1.09% or 0.13 points to end at 11.86 and Continental Ark SAB De CV (BMV: ) declined 1.01% or 1.77 points to 174.33.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 116 to 106, with 11 ending unchanged.

Gold futures for December delivery rose 1.27%, or 32.00, to $2,548.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for October delivery rose 2.67%, or 1.95, to $74.96 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.28% or 1.76, up to $78.98 per barrel.

USD/MXN fell 2.09% to 19.11, while EUR/MXN fell 1.38% to 21.39.

US dollar index futures fell 0.82% to 100.57.