Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services, Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC lost 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA), which rose 4.01% or 0.55 points to trade at 14.26 at the close. Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) added 1.56% or 0.360 points to end at 23.460 and Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) was up 0.85% or 1.92 points to 227.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA), which lost 3.25% or 1.130 points to trade at 33.670 in late trade. Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) declined 3.09% or 0.480 points to end at 15.070 and Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) shed 2.80% or 0.890 points to 30.870.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 141 to 139 and 7 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.37% or 5.00 to $1348.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.45% or 0.31 to hit $68.16 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.16 to trade at $73.64 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 2.04% to 18.4562, while EUR/MXN rose 1.79% to 22.7815.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 89.63.