Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods & Services, Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 0.33% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO), which rose 1.24% or 1.09 points to trade at 88.74 at the close. Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) added 0.96% or 0.300 points to end at 31.590 and Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) was up 0.91% or 0.250 points to 27.640 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which lost 2.30% or 17.20 points to trade at 729.70 in late trade. VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) declined 2.20% or 0.48 points to end at 21.31 and Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) shed 2.02% or 1.200 points to 58.070.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 158 to 107 and 7 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.51 to $1351.81 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.14% or 1.54 to hit $47.55 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.38% or 0.75 to trade at $53.74 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.11% to 17.6904, while EUR/MXN rose 0.21% to 21.2955.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 91.27.