Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC lost 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Arca Continental , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AC), which rose 1.63% or 1.94 points to trade at 120.92 at the close. Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) added 1.27% or 1.660 points to end at 132.310 and Fomento Economico Mexicano UBD (MX:FMSAUBD) was up 0.70% or 1.27 points to 183.67 in late trade.
Biggest losers included VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA), which lost 2.31% or 0.35 points to trade at 14.83 in late trade. Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) declined 2.28% or 0.660 points to end at 28.290 and Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) shed 2.07% or 1.280 points to 60.480.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 177 to 109 and 13 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.32% or 3.90 to $1212.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.92% or 0.65 to hit $70.12 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.02% or 0.81 to trade at $78.59 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.24% to 18.8163, while EUR/MXN rose 1.14% to 22.1621.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.69% at 93.47.