Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Consumer Goods & Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC declined 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Telesites SAB de CV (MX:SITESL), which rose 3.22% or 0.320 points to trade at 10.210 at the close. Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (MX:GAPB) added 2.50% or 3.960 points to end at 161.920 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) was up 1.62% or 1.650 points to 103.770 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which lost 3.05% or 1.060 points to trade at 33.670 in late trade. Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) declined 1.83% or 0.240 points to end at 12.800 and Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) shed 1.82% or 5.920 points to 319.100.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 84 to 75 and 6 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.36% or 4.50 to $1242.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 6.15% or 2.29 to hit $39.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 5.96% or 2.35 to trade at $41.78 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.63% to 17.7616, while EUR/MXN fell 0.46% to 20.2453.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 94.23.