Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC fell 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which rose 1.32% or 0.210 points to trade at 16.140 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) added 1.22% or 0.750 points to end at 62.270 and PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) was up 1.17% or 2.24 points to 194.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO), which fell 2.76% or 0.890 points to trade at 31.370 at the close. El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) declined 2.39% or 2.99 points to end at 122.18 and Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) was down 1.93% or 2.060 points to 104.560.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 141 to 93 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.67% or 8.50 to $1279.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $58.41 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.14 to trade at $65.04 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 1.45% to 19.7492, while EUR/MXN rose 1.40% to 23.4315.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 92.88.