Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Consumer Goods & Services and Telecoms Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC lost 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO), which rose 4.61% or 0.610 points to trade at 13.840 at the close. Meanwhile, BanRegio Grupo Financiero SAB de CV (MX:RA) added 3.02% or 3.36 points to end at 114.50 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) was up 2.20% or 6.81 points to 316.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX), which fell 5.90% or 3.390 points to trade at 54.110 at the close. Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) declined 4.17% or 0.86 points to end at 19.75 and Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) was down 3.38% or 0.53 points to 15.17.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 141 to 131 and 11 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.76% or 9.40 to $1222.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.49% or 0.34 to hit $69.64 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.57 to trade at $74.50 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.11% to 18.6495, while EUR/MXN fell 0.80% to 21.7194.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 94.55.