Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Materials and Telecoms Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC declined 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB), which rose 3.56% or 7.82 points to trade at 227.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) added 3.09% or 16.94 points to end at 564.94 and Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) was up 2.14% or 0.530 points to 25.310 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA), which fell 3.11% or 0.51 points to trade at 15.91 at the close. Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) declined 2.67% or 0.600 points to end at 21.900 and Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) was down 2.27% or 1.000 points to 43.080.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 169 to 105 and 11 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.42% or 18.50 to $1323.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.79% or 0.48 to hit $61.47 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.13% or 0.72 to trade at $64.55 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.16% to 18.8201, while EUR/MXN rose 0.31% to 23.1909.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 89.95.