Mexico stocks higher at close of trade; IPC up 0.48%

Mexico stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Materials, Telecoms Services and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.At the close in Mexico, the IPC rose 0.48%.The best performers of the session on the IPC were Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which rose 3.07% or 0.360 points to trade at 12.080 at the close. Meanwhile, America Movil L , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AMXL) added 2.61% or 0.340 points to end at 13.370 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) was up 2.35% or 5.210 points to 226.890 in late trade.The worst performers of the session were Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB), which fell 1.72% or 0.74 points to trade at 42.35 at the close. Empresas ICA , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICA) declined 2.33% or 0.100 points to end at 4.190 and Coca-Cola Femsa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:KOFL) was down 1.06% or 1.460 points to 135.690.Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 86 to 54 and 14 ended unchanged.Gold for April delivery was down 1.45% or 18.40 to $1254.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.74% or 0.66 to hit $38.50 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.36 to trade at $40.41 a barrel.USD/MXN was down 0.70% to 17.6864, while EUR/MXN fell 0.89% to 19.7162.The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 96.22.