Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Consumer Staples and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC declined 0.55%.
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 5.22% or 46.37 points to trade at 935.17 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) added 3.55% or 1.390 points to end at 40.550 and GMexico Transportes SA de CV (MX:GMXT) was up 2.82% or 0.720 points to 26.250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEGACPO), which fell 5.58% or 5.300 points to trade at 89.700 at the close. El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) declined 3.95% or 5.11 points to end at 124.40 and Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA) was down 3.83% or 1.240 points to 31.160.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 260 to 87 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.75% or 9.45 to $1258.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.05% or 0.48 to hit $45.40 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.58% or 0.86 to trade at $53.49 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.32% to 19.9533, while EUR/MXN fell 0.41% to 22.6643.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.84% at 96.532.