On Wednesday, March 13, the peso appreciated 0.7% against the dollar, when trading at 16.7 units per greenbackafter trading at 16.8, according to data from the Bank of Mexico.
The IPC closed the session at 55,848.72 units, with a gain of 949.77 points and a positive variation of 1.73% compared to the previous day.
For its part, This Wednesday, the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) recorded a strong gain of 1.73% in its main indicator up to 55,848.72 units.the largest daily advance so far this year and its best level since last February 27.
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The capital market closed the session with mixed results among the main global stock indices,” the director of Economic and Financial Analysis of Banco Base, Gabriela Siller, told EFE.
In Mexico, he added, the BMV Price and Quote Index (CPI) ended the session with a gain of 1.73% “and closed at its highest level since February 27.”
Inside, he added, “32 of the 36 stations showed profits, highlighting: Grupo México, BanBajío, Banorte, Grupo Carso, GCC, Alsea, Inbursa, Volaris, Industrias Peñoles and Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste.
For his part, the director of Economic Analysis at the financial group Actinver, Enrique Covarrubias, said that the main index of the Mexican stock market “registered a strong rebound of 1.7%, with which it managed to position itself at 55,849 points, this being its best performance. diary recorded in the year”.
Thanks to this advance, the drop in the index so far this year was reduced to -27%.”
With the day's advance, the index is also 4.9% away from its all-time high of 58,711.87 points.
The volume traded in the market reached 241.4 million securities for an amount of 12,960.5 million pesos.
Of the 530 firms that traded on the day, 248 ended with their prices rising, 256 had losses and 26 closed unchanged.
The titles with the greatest upward variation were those of the home builder Desarrollo Homex (HOMEX), with 9.09%; the business conglomerate Grupo México (GMEXICO B), with 7.31%; and the water storage, conduction and improvement company Grupo Rotoplas (AGUA), with 4.57%.
In contrast, the largest downward variations were from the home builder Corpovael (CADU A), with -4.3%; from the domestic products company Grupo Vasconia (VASCONI); with -3.64% and from the real estate developer Grupo Gicsa (GICCSA B), with -2.98%.
On the day, the four sectors won, led by the industrial sector (1.67%), followed by the financial sector (1.51%), materials (1.07%) and frequent consumption (0.46%).
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