Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC lost 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which rose 2.52% or 12.84 points to trade at 522.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) added 1.86% or 1.770 points to end at 96.750 and GMexico Transportes SA de CV (MX:GMXT) was up 1.79% or 0.580 points to 32.950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Becle SA (MX:CUERVO), which fell 2.13% or 0.760 points to trade at 34.890 at the close. Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA) declined 1.82% or 1.65 points to end at 88.93 and Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) was down 1.65% or 0.250 points to 14.890.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 152 to 106 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.48% or 6.40 to $1348.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.43% or 0.29 to hit $67.36 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.48 to trade at $72.50 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.69% to 18.0620, while EUR/MXN fell 0.61% to 22.2800.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 89.48.