Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC lost 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which rose 2.52% or 12.84 points to trade at 522.99 at the close. Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) added 1.86% or 1.770 points to end at 96.750 and GMexico Transportes SA de CV (MX:GMXT) was up 1.79% or 0.580 points to 32.950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Becle SA (MX:CUERVO), which lost 2.13% or 0.760 points to trade at 34.890 in late trade. Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA) declined 1.82% or 1.65 points to end at 88.93 and Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) shed 1.65% or 0.250 points to 14.890.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 152 to 106 and 10 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.48% or 6.50 to $1348.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.43% or 0.29 to hit $67.36 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.48 to trade at $72.50 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.70% to 18.0600, while EUR/MXN fell 0.61% to 22.2800.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 89.48.