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

Mexico City's stock market IPC index rose by 1.17 percent to close at 20,994.94 points. A total of 99 million shares were traded at 237 million U.S. dollars.

The Buenos Aires stock market closed with the Merval index up 1.17 percent to end at 1,676.81 points. The trade volume was 11.72 million dollars.

In Sao Paulo, Latin America's biggest bourse, the leading Bovespa index closed at 35,957 points, up 0.44 percent. The trade volume was 684.7 million dollars.

Source: Xinhua