Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Materials and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC fell 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which rose 3.25% or 0.810 points to trade at 25.730 at the close. Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) added 2.06% or 2.310 points to end at 114.300 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (MX:GAPB) was up 1.49% or 2.700 points to 184.330 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO), which lost 3.57% or 0.570 points to trade at 15.390 in late trade. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) declined 3.54% or 17.050 points to end at 464.000 and Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) shed 3.02% or 1.600 points to 51.300.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 91 to 74 and 8 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.45% or 6.00 to $1320.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.31% or 0.15 to hit $47.98 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.14 to trade at $49.95 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.61% to 19.4029, while EUR/MXN fell 0.39% to 21.8147.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 95.37.