Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mexico Industrials, Mexico Health Care and Mexico Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC fell 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Financiero Inbursa, SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO), which rose 1.51% or 0.610 points to trade at 40.930 at the close. Alsea, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) added 1.07% or 0.440 points to end at 41.500 and Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) was up 0.65% or 0.110 points to 17.010 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Controladora Comercial Mexicana UBC (MX:COMEUBC), which lost 5.64% or 2.770 points to trade at 46.310 in late trade. Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX) declined 4.71% or 1.450 points to end at 29.190 and Empresas ICA, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICA) shed 4.81% or 0.770 points to 15.270.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 73 to 52 and 3 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 2.36% or 30.40 to $1256.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 0.11% or 0.05 to hit $44.50 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 1.23% or 0.59 to trade at $49.06 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.33% to 14.8026, while EUR/MXN rose 0.66% to 16.7550.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 94.96.