Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Telecoms Services and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1), which rose 4.56% or 7.07 points to trade at 162.11 at the close. Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) added 3.51% or 0.810 points to end at 23.900 and Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) was up 2.00% or 0.70 points to 35.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA), which lost 5.06% or 1.370 points to trade at 25.710 in late trade. Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) declined 4.11% or 0.69 points to end at 16.10 and Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) shed 2.93% or 2.060 points to 68.210.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 131 to 87 and 7 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.82% or 10.23 to $1259.63 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.80% or 0.39 to hit $49.14 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.63 to trade at $51.60 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.76% to 17.7246, while EUR/MXN rose 0.25% to 20.6968.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 93.77.