Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Materials and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which rose 3.25% or 0.810 points to trade at 25.730 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) added 2.06% or 2.310 points to end at 114.300 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (MX:GAPB) was up 1.49% or 2.700 points to 184.330 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO), which fell 3.57% or 0.570 points to trade at 15.390 at the close. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) declined 3.54% or 17.050 points to end at 464.000 and Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:BIMBOA) was down 3.02% or 1.600 points to 51.300.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 91 to 74 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.41% or 5.45 to $1320.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.31% or 0.15 to hit $47.98 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.16 to trade at $49.97 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.61% to 19.4029, while EUR/MXN fell 0.39% to 21.8147.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 95.37.