Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Telecoms Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM), which rose 2.14% or 0.880 points to trade at 42.040 at the close. Fomento Economico Mexicano UBD (MX:FMSAUBD) added 1.83% or 2.990 points to end at 166.650 and La Comercial (MX:LCMRUBC) was up 1.89% or 0.35 points to 18.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which lost 3.34% or 0.830 points to trade at 24.050 in late trade. Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA) declined 2.49% or 1.070 points to end at 41.830 and Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) shed 2.27% or 1.05 points to 45.15.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 90 to 81 and 7 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.60% or 7.70 to $1267.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.52% or 0.24 to hit $46.47 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.37 to trade at $47.97 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.02% to 17.9826, while EUR/MXN fell 0.49% to 20.4563.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.34% at 94.12.