Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC lost 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which rose 2.27% or 9.52 points to trade at 428.61 at the close. Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO) added 1.72% or 1.91 points to end at 112.96 and Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) was up 1.28% or 8.48 points to 671.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB), which lost 2.17% or 0.64 points to trade at 28.90 in late trade. Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) declined 1.72% or 0.370 points to end at 21.120 and Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) shed 1.67% or 0.750 points to 44.160.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 159 to 126 and 24 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.29% or 3.90 to $1331.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.59% or 0.38 to hit $63.57 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.81% or 0.56 to trade at $68.75 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.15% to 18.6366, while EUR/MXN fell 0.02% to 22.7682.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 90.49.