Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Materials, Telecoms Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 1.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA), which rose 1.68% or 0.32 points to trade at 19.34 at the close. Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB) added 1.67% or 0.500 points to end at 30.400 and Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA) was up 0.78% or 0.69 points to 88.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB), which lost 5.17% or 3.090 points to trade at 56.630 in late trade. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) declined 5.06% or 20.680 points to end at 387.710 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (MX:GAPB) shed 3.16% or 5.550 points to 169.950.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 135 to 129 and 8 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.61% or 6.85 to $1136.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.22% or 1.13 to hit $52.03 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.41% or 1.30 to trade at $55.32 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.53% to 20.4455, while EUR/MXN rose 0.85% to 21.3532.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 102.81.