Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods & Services, Healthcare and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC lost 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB), which rose 5.17% or 2.710 points to trade at 55.150 at the close. Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) added 4.35% or 2.650 points to end at 63.500 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) was up 4.03% or 13.66 points to 352.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which lost 2.75% or 0.530 points to trade at 18.710 in late trade. El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) declined 2.44% or 3.46 points to end at 138.43 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) shed 2.04% or 2.700 points to 129.420.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 146 to 131 and 15 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.64% or 7.80 to $1203.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.74% or 0.52 to hit $70.84 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.07 to trade at $78.77 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.12% to 18.8094, while EUR/MXN fell 0.30% to 22.1093.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 93.78.