Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Materials and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC fell 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO), which rose 2.48% or 2.530 points to trade at 104.540 at the close. Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) added 2.25% or 0.360 points to end at 16.360 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) was up 2.17% or 8.30 points to 390.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO), which lost 4.48% or 1.440 points to trade at 30.720 in late trade. Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) declined 2.90% or 0.680 points to end at 22.800 and VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) shed 2.87% or 0.50 points to 16.94.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 163 to 102 and 14 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.06% or 0.80 to $1257.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.53% or 0.30 to hit $57.34 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.08 to trade at $63.23 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.07% to 19.1167, while EUR/MXN fell 0.31% to 22.4587.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 93.96.