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 S&P/BMV IPC declined 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM), which rose 3.21% or 1.570 points to trade at 50.500 at the close. El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) added 2.87% or 3.63 points to end at 129.91 and Becle SA (MX:CUERVO) was up 2.67% or 0.660 points to 25.380 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GMexico Transportes SA de CV (MX:GMXT), which lost 4.39% or 1.190 points to trade at 25.920 in late trade. Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA) declined 2.66% or 1.93 points to end at 70.74 and Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) shed 2.35% or 0.680 points to 28.220.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 190 to 102 and 12 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.62% or 7.90 to $1277.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 2.12% or 0.99 to hit $45.62 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 2.80% or 1.55 to trade at $53.74 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 1.19% to 19.6685, while EUR/MXN fell 0.43% to 22.4951.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 96.070.