Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Telecoms Services and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC declined 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which rose 3.53% or 12.250 points to trade at 359.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) added 1.86% or 0.200 points to end at 10.980 and Controladora Comercial Mexicana UBC (MX:COMEUBC) was up 1.26% or 0.610 points to 49.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which fell 3.93% or 0.780 points to trade at 19.090 at the close. Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) declined 2.76% or 1.330 points to end at 46.810 and Industrias CH, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICHB) was down 2.50% or 1.450 points to 56.630.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 99 to 59 and 3 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.25% or 2.70 to $1082.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.87% or 1.23 to hit $41.70 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.07% or 1.43 to trade at $45.18 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.02% to 16.7314, while EUR/MXN rose 0.43% to 18.0514.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 98.75.