Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Telecoms Services and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC fell 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which rose 3.42% or 1.150 points to trade at 34.750 at the close. Meanwhile, PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) added 2.79% or 5.950 points to end at 219.540 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) was up 2.58% or 6.580 points to 261.480 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which fell 3.28% or 0.850 points to trade at 25.080 at the close. Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) declined 2.87% or 1.150 points to end at 38.850 and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB) was down 2.81% or 0.850 points to 29.470.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 85 to 85 and 7 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 1.52% or 18.60 to $1242.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.77% or 0.29 to hit $37.46 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.63% or 0.25 to trade at $39.59 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 1.25% to 17.8770, while EUR/MXN rose 1.05% to 20.3305.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 94.56.