Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Materials, Telecoms Services and Consumer Goods & Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC lost 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1), which rose 2.43% or 3.28 points to trade at 138.14 at the close. VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) added 2.08% or 0.25 points to end at 12.25 and Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) was up 2.05% or 0.460 points to 22.930 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GMexico Transportes SA de CV (MX:GMXT), which lost 4.02% or 1.180 points to trade at 28.440 in late trade. Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) declined 2.32% or 2.540 points to end at 107.120 and Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) shed 2.14% or 13.23 points to 606.34.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 153 to 137 and 5 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.43% or 5.40 to $1241.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.36% or 0.25 to hit $70.58 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.54% or 0.40 to trade at $74.85 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.42% to 18.8969, while EUR/MXN fell 0.32% to 22.0821.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 94.45.