Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms Services and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC lost 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB), which rose 3.17% or 0.59 points to trade at 19.19 at the close. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) added 2.89% or 6.97 points to end at 247.75 and Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) was up 2.80% or 0.760 points to 27.910 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BanRegio Grupo Financiero SAB de CV (MX:RA), which lost 5.55% or 5.23 points to trade at 89.00 in late trade. Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) declined 4.57% or 0.580 points to end at 12.110 and PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) shed 2.75% or 5.12 points to 180.78.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 170 to 94 and 13 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.82% or 10.20 to $1253.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.59% or 0.82 to hit $52.31 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.25% or 1.35 to trade at $61.41 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.40% to 20.2710, while EUR/MXN fell 0.09% to 23.1323.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 96.575.