Stocks close higher in Mexico, lower in Argentina, Brazil

Latin America's three major stock markets closed mixed on Friday.

Mexico City's stock market IPC index rose by 1.13 percent to close at 20,273.86 points. A total of 89 million shares were traded at 199 million U.S. dollars.

The Buenos Aires stock market closed with the Merval index down 0.85 percent to end at 1,618.88 points. The trade volume was 6.98 million dollars.

In Sao Paulo, Latin America's biggest bourse, the leading Bovespa index closed at 36,944 points, down 1.10 percent. The trade volume was 896 million dollars.

Source: Xinhua