Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Healthcare and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC fell 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA), which rose 3.93% or 0.820 points to trade at 21.690 at the close. El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) added 3.29% or 3.86 points to end at 121.32 and Becle SA (MX:CUERVO) was up 2.05% or 0.630 points to 31.340 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which lost 3.06% or 12.07 points to trade at 382.08 in late trade. Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB De CV (MX:SANMEXB) declined 2.72% or 0.780 points to end at 27.850 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) shed 1.91% or 0.400 points to 20.580.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 152 to 139 and 11 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.54% or 6.70 to $1255.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.01% or 0.57 to hit $57.17 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $63.42 a barrel.
USD/MXN was unchanged 0.00% to 19.1297, while EUR/MXN fell 0.04% to 22.5205.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 93.64.