Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services, Industrials and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Empresas ICA , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICA), which rose 7.46% or 0.590 points to trade at 8.500 at the close. El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) added 2.25% or 4.640 points to end at 211.270 and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB) was up 2.12% or 0.520 points to 25.040 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which lost 4.29% or 0.980 points to trade at 21.840 in late trade. Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) declined 3.35% or 1.130 points to end at 32.640 and Grupo Televisa SA (MX:TLVACPO) shed 3.02% or 2.860 points to 91.690.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 110 to 48 and 5 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 1.88% or 21.30 to $1152.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.48% or 0.66 to hit $45.14 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 0.57 to trade at $48.33 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 1.77% to 16.8167, while EUR/MXN fell 1.41% to 18.8766.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 96.10.