Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC declined 0.23% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1), which rose 2.83% or 1.790 points to trade at 65.020 at the close. Coca-Cola Femsa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:KOFL) added 2.70% or 3.450 points to end at 131.090 and Controladora Comercial Mexicana UBC (MX:COMEUBC) was up 2.06% or 1.010 points to 49.590 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which lost 5.09% or 0.890 points to trade at 16.850 in late trade. PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) declined 1.90% or 3.250 points to end at 169.470 and Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) shed 1.84% or 0.270 points to 14.390.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 74 to 54 and 6 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.13% or 1.60 to $1190.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 4.57% or 2.63 to hit $60.31 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 4.70% or 2.94 to trade at $65.52 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.42% to 15.3802, while EUR/MXN rose 0.76% to 16.8947.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 96.97.