Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC declined 0.37% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which rose 6.05% or 46.97 points to trade at 823.44 at the close. Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX) added 3.85% or 0.960 points to end at 25.870 and Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) was up 2.76% or 0.86 points to 32.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM), which lost 2.60% or 1.260 points to trade at 47.280 in late trade. Arca Continental , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AC) declined 2.56% or 3.29 points to end at 125.24 and Fomento Economico Mexicano UBD (MX:FMSAUBD) shed 2.16% or 3.79 points to 171.81.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 115 to 108 and 8 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.30% or 4.01 to $1325.29 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $49.88 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.07 to trade at $55.54 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.13% to 17.6438, while EUR/MXN rose 0.12% to 21.0820.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 91.81.