Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services, Telecoms Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC declined 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1), which rose 3.30% or 2.510 points to trade at 78.600 at the close. Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) added 2.13% or 1.200 points to end at 57.500 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) was up 1.15% or 3.410 points to 300.590 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA), which lost 4.60% or 1.660 points to trade at 34.430 in late trade. Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) declined 4.24% or 1.190 points to end at 26.870 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) shed 3.08% or 2.980 points to 93.910.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 143 to 142 and 10 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.08% or 0.90 to $1173.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.97% or 1.47 to hit $50.91 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $53.72 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.00% to 20.7786, while EUR/MXN rose 0.02% to 22.1569.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.60% at 101.02.