Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Telecoms Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC declined 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which rose 2.27% or 9.52 points to trade at 428.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO) added 1.72% or 1.91 points to end at 112.96 and Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) was up 1.28% or 8.48 points to 671.91 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB), which fell 2.17% or 0.64 points to trade at 28.90 at the close. Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) declined 1.72% or 0.370 points to end at 21.120 and Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) was down 1.67% or 0.750 points to 44.160.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 159 to 126 and 24 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.29% or 3.90 to $1331.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.59% or 0.38 to hit $63.57 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.81% or 0.56 to trade at $68.75 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.15% to 18.6366, while EUR/MXN fell 0.02% to 22.7682.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 90.49.