Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Materials, Financial Services and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC fell 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB), which rose 1.39% or 0.34 points to trade at 24.80 at the close. Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) added 1.13% or 0.170 points to end at 15.240 and Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) was up 0.96% or 4.97 points to 520.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA), which lost 18.87% or 3.05 points to trade at 13.11 in late trade. El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) declined 2.65% or 3.56 points to end at 130.84 and Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA) shed 2.36% or 2.04 points to 84.37.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 161 to 120 and 9 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.79% or 10.70 to $1338.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $68.28 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $73.73 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.47% to 18.5389, while EUR/MXN rose 0.03% to 22.7832.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 90.06.