Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Telecoms Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC declined 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which rose 3.42% or 1.150 points to trade at 34.750 at the close. PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) added 2.79% or 5.950 points to end at 219.540 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) was up 2.58% or 6.580 points to 261.480 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which lost 3.28% or 0.850 points to trade at 25.080 in late trade. Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) declined 2.87% or 1.150 points to end at 38.850 and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB) shed 2.81% or 0.850 points to 29.470.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 85 to 85 and 7 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.52% or 18.60 to $1242.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.77% or 0.29 to hit $37.46 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.63% or 0.25 to trade at $39.59 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 1.25% to 17.8772, while EUR/MXN rose 1.05% to 20.3305.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 94.56.