Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods & Services, Financial Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 0.17% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB), which rose 2.91% or 1.640 points to trade at 57.910 at the close. Fomento Economico Mexicano UBD (MX:FMSAUBD) added 1.01% or 1.78 points to end at 177.21 and Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO) was up 0.87% or 0.78 points to 90.64 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA), which lost 2.84% or 0.640 points to trade at 21.880 in late trade. Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) declined 2.30% or 0.660 points to end at 28.060 and Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA) shed 2.18% or 0.800 points to 35.970.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 161 to 101 and 7 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.50% or 6.40 to $1270.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.52% or 0.76 to hit $50.74 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.11% or 1.18 to trade at $56.98 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 1.28% to 18.4894, while EUR/MXN rose 0.74% to 21.6410.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 93.80.