The Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) gained 0.52% this Wednesday and its main indicator, the Price and Quotation Index (IPC), exceeded the floor of 68,000 units, in a session of widespread gains globally, especially in the US.
With this result, the Mexican Stock Market stood at 68,036.13, also recording its fourth consecutive advance, while during the year the CPI accumulated a gain of 5.8%.
“Risk appetite drove gains in the capital market, particularly in the United States (…) In Mexico, the BMV CPI closed the session with a gain of 0.52%, reaching a new historical high,” the director of Economic and Financial Analysis at Banco Base, Gabriela Siller, told EFE.
Enrique Covarrubias, director of Economic Analysis of the financial group Actinver, highlighted that, with this movement, the accumulated return for 2026 is 5.8%.
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“Among the 35 stations that make up the index, 22 closed in positive territory. The greatest advances corresponded to Megacable, Banco del Bajío and OMA, while Peñoles, Inbursa and Grupo México registered the most relevant declines,” added Covarrubias.
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On the day, the peso appreciated 0.69% against the dollar, trading at 17.48 units per greenback, compared to 17.61 on the previous day, according to data from the Bank of Mexico.
The volume traded in the market reached 244.2 million securities for an amount of 25,306 million pesos (about 1,447 million dollars).
Of the 701 firms that traded on the day, 316 ended with their prices rising, 368 had losses and 17 closed unchanged.
The securities with the greatest upward variation were from the mining company Fresnillo (FRES), with 12.5%; of the Inter-American Entertainment Corporation (CIE B), with 9.64%, and of the telecommunications company Megacable Holdings (MEGA CPO), with 5.23%.
In contrast, the greatest downward variations were from the supermarket chain Orden Soriana (SORIANA B), with –2.64%; from the mining company Industrias Peñoles (PE&OLES), with -2.54%, and from the banking services provider Terra (TERRA 13), with –2.24%.
With information from EFE
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