Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Consumer Staples and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC lost 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which rose 5.22% or 46.37 points to trade at 935.17 at the close. Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) added 3.55% or 1.390 points to end at 40.550 and GMexico Transportes SA de CV (MX:GMXT) was up 2.82% or 0.720 points to 26.250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEGACPO), which lost 5.58% or 5.300 points to trade at 89.700 in late trade. El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) declined 3.95% or 5.11 points to end at 124.40 and Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA) shed 3.83% or 1.240 points to 31.160.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 260 to 87 and 9 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.75% or 9.50 to $1258.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.02% or 0.47 to hit $45.41 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.56% or 0.85 to trade at $53.50 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.31% to 19.9530, while EUR/MXN fell 0.41% to 22.6623.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.84% at 96.532.