Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Materials and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which rose 5.60% or 0.960 points to trade at 18.020 at the close. Bolsa Mexicana De Valores SAB De CV (MX:BOLSAA) added 3.95% or 1.120 points to end at 29.530 and Controladora Comercial Mexicana UBC (MX:COMEUBC) was up 2.30% or 1.110 points to 49.460 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA), which lost 3.11% or 1.000 points to trade at 31.150 in late trade. Industrias CH, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ICHB) declined 3.10% or 2.000 points to end at 62.570 and Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) shed 2.97% or 0.95 points to 30.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 81 to 56 and 9 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 2.24% or 27.10 to $1182.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.89% or 1.10 to hit $59.69 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.33% or 0.88 to trade at $66.72 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.69% to 15.3341, while EUR/MXN rose 1.60% to 17.2080.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.46% at 94.87.