Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the S&P/BMV Industrials Select, Consumer Goods & Services and S&P/BMV Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC fell 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:ALSEA), which rose 5.52% or 2.43 points to trade at 46.44 at the close. Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:MEGACPO) added 2.95% or 1.53 points to end at 53.47 and Qualitas Controladora, SAB De CV (BMV:Q) was up 2.21% or 4.81 points to 222.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (BMV:GFINBURO), which fell 3.34% or 1.73 points to trade at 50.05 in late trade. Banco Del Bajio SA Institution De Banca Multiple (BMV:BBAJIOO) declined 3.22% or 1.61 points to end at 48.41 and Bolsa Mexicana De Valores SAB De CV (BMV:BOLSAA) down 2.22% or 0.93 points to 40.97.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 135 to 87 and 13 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.74% or 24.40 to $3,330.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.90% or 1.14 to hit $61.05 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.70% or 1.07 to trade at $63.91 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.46% to 19.44, while EUR/MXN fell 0.27% to 21.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 100.26.