Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC fell 0.67%.
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 2.67% or 16.12 points to trade at 619.57 at the close. Meanwhile, VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) added 2.21% or 0.26 points to end at 12.00 and Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) was up 1.12% or 1.340 points to 121.210 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arca Continental , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AC), which fell 3.04% or 3.83 points to trade at 122.11 at the close. Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) declined 2.63% or 0.57 points to end at 21.10 and Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) was down 2.51% or 0.580 points to 22.540.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 170 to 115 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.23% or 2.90 to $1247.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $70.38 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.34% or 0.98 to trade at $74.38 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.70% to 18.9511, while EUR/MXN fell 0.67% to 22.1187.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 94.55.