General News

- Mexican Stock Market (BMV) opened at 44,238.94 an increase of 788.19 points from Thursday, October 23, 2013.

Apple’s new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will become available in Mexico on October 31. The new series includes a streamlined design, models with larger 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch displays, a faster processor, upgraded cameras, improved LTE and Wi-Fi connectivity, and support for a near-field communications-based mobile payments offering. Apple sold over ten million models, a new record, just three days after the launch on September 19 in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico and Singapore.

Apple’s new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will become available in Mexico on October 31.

The governor of Jalisco travelled to San José, California, this week to meet with representatives from Apple, in a move to boost high-tech industry in Jalisco.

Guadalajara’s recently opened Center for Innovation and Design (Centro México Innovación y Diseño or MIND) will install a “materials library” (materoteca) in the near future.

- Mexican Stock Market (BMV) opened at 42,984.95 a decrease of 1,503.02 points from Thursday, October 9, 2013.

-Interest paid on 28-day Treasury Certificates (CETES) was up at 2.96 percent from Thursday, October 9, 2013.

- Bank Interest paid on 28-day 10,000 to 50,000 peso Promissory Notes was steady ranging from 1.00 to 2.17 percent.

- U.S. dollar traded Thursday at 13.10 pesos buy, 13.85 pesos sell.

- Canadian dollar traded at 11.60 pesos buy, 12.35 pesos sell.

- Euro traded at 17.05 pesos buy, 18.00 pesos sell.

- Gold (1 oz) Mexico: 16,774.04 pesos; New York: 1,239.25 U.S.

- Oil (brl) Mexican mix: 75.69 U.S.; West Texas Intermediate: 81.78 U.S.

- Inflation September 2014: 0.44 percent.

- Annual Inflation (from Sept. 2013 to Sept. 2014): 4.22 percent.

-       Mexican Stock Market (BMV) opened at 43,450.75 a decrease of 465.8 points from Thursday, October 16, 2013.

- Mexican Stock Market (BMV) opened at 44,487.97 an increase of 123.01 points from Thursday, October 2, 2013.