Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services, Consumer Goods & Services and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 2.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which rose 7.91% or 28.100 points to trade at 383.250 at the close. Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) fell 0.23% or 0.070 points to end at 30.540 and Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) was up 0.35% or 0.920 points to 264.890 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO), which lost 9.14% or 1.130 points to trade at 11.240 in late trade. Empresas ICA , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICA) declined 10.67% or 0.380 points to end at 3.180 and Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) shed 5.54% or 5.660 points to 96.490.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 132 to 56 and 4 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 4.53% or 57.25 to $1320.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 4.89% or 2.45 to hit $47.66 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 4.77% or 2.43 to trade at $48.48 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 3.80% to 18.9169, while EUR/MXN rose 1.26% to 21.0084.
The US Dollar Index was up 2.51% at 95.67.