Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services, Telecoms Services and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC declined 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM), which rose 3.21% or 1.570 points to trade at 50.500 at the close. Meanwhile, El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) added 2.87% or 3.63 points to end at 129.91 and Becle SA (MX:CUERVO) was up 2.67% or 0.660 points to 25.380 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GMexico Transportes SA de CV (MX:GMXT), which fell 4.39% or 1.190 points to trade at 25.920 at the close. Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB (MX:IENOVA) declined 2.66% or 1.93 points to end at 70.74 and Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO) was down 2.35% or 0.680 points to 28.220.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 190 to 102 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.62% or 7.90 to $1277.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 2.81% or 1.31 to hit $45.30 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 3.40% or 1.88 to trade at $53.41 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 1.19% to 19.6685, while EUR/MXN fell 0.44% to 22.5020.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 96.070.