Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods & Services, Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC declined 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which rose 6.16% or 0.875 points to trade at 15.075 at the close. Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO) added 4.07% or 2.61 points to end at 66.66 and Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) was up 2.87% or 6.22 points to 222.74 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB), which lost 2.34% or 0.58 points to trade at 24.19 in late trade. El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) declined 2.30% or 3.20 points to end at 135.91 and Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) shed 2.09% or 0.33 points to 15.43.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 157 to 113 and 14 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.64% or 8.50 to $1337.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.61% or 1.66 to hit $61.88 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.98% or 1.35 to trade at $66.98 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.56% to 18.3071, while EUR/MXN rose 0.89% to 22.4818.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 89.80.