Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Materials, Financial Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC declined 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB), which rose 4.28% or 1.39 points to trade at 33.84 at the close. Grupo Televisa SA (MX:TLVACPO) added 3.23% or 3.280 points to end at 104.690 and VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) was up 2.45% or 0.56 points to 23.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which lost 4.73% or 1.340 points to trade at 26.960 in late trade. Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX) declined 2.80% or 0.590 points to end at 20.470 and Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) shed 2.72% or 7.470 points to 267.060.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 127 to 117 and 17 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.53% or 6.65 to $1258.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.83% or 0.45 to hit $54.00 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.57 to trade at $56.01 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 1.31% to 19.9190, while EUR/MXN rose 1.07% to 21.0270.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 101.12.