Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Telecoms Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC lost 1.29% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which rose 3.31% or 10.69 points to trade at 333.31 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) added 1.53% or 0.30 points to end at 19.92 and Grupo Cementos De Chihuahua (MX:GCC) was up 1.33% or 1.520 points to 115.860 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA), which fell 4.12% or 1.290 points to trade at 30.020 at the close. Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) declined 3.75% or 13.77 points to end at 353.60 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) was down 3.64% or 4.680 points to 123.780.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 227 to 72 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 2.87% or 34.20 to $1227.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.18% or 2.33 to hit $70.84 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 3.53% or 2.93 to trade at $80.16 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.84% to 18.9950, while EUR/MXN fell 0.18% to 22.0302.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 94.68.