Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Healthcare and Consumer Goods & Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC declined 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA), which rose 3.77% or 0.740 points to trade at 20.360 at the close. VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) added 1.81% or 0.41 points to end at 23.06 and Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) was up 1.36% or 0.340 points to 25.370 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX), which lost 1.49% or 0.660 points to trade at 43.670 in late trade. Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) declined 1.48% or 0.340 points to end at 22.570 and Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) shed 1.40% or 0.930 points to 65.730.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 131 to 116 and 8 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.31% or 4.04 to $1296.04 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.78% or 0.37 to hit $47.80 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.27 to trade at $52.31 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.64% to 17.6133, while EUR/MXN rose 0.47% to 21.0161.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.87% at 92.42.