Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Materials and Telecoms Services 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 Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which rose 6.70% or 1.080 points to trade at 17.210 at the close. Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) added 2.75% or 0.930 points to end at 34.690 and Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) was up 2.48% or 0.36 points to 14.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which lost 2.68% or 0.580 points to trade at 21.050 in late trade. Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA) declined 1.77% or 1.73 points to end at 96.14 and Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) shed 1.62% or 1.070 points to 65.130.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 186 to 125 and 12 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.42% or 5.50 to $1324.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.47% or 0.29 to hit $61.92 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $68.01 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.10% to 19.3109, while EUR/MXN rose 0.13% to 23.3080.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 91.60.