Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financial Services, Industrials and Telecoms Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA), which rose 6.17% or 38.92 points to trade at 669.89 at the close. Meanwhile, VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) added 3.08% or 0.75 points to end at 25.13 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) was up 2.56% or 0.590 points to 23.630 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB De CV Class B (MX:GAPB), which fell 2.45% or 4.91 points to trade at 195.49 at the close. Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) declined 2.30% or 0.77 points to end at 32.72 and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB) was down 1.78% or 0.620 points to 34.280.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 166 to 142 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.17% or 2.16 to $1255.26 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 5.12% or 2.63 to hit $48.73 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 4.91% or 2.65 to trade at $51.31 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.34% to 18.5033, while EUR/MXN rose 0.23% to 20.7376.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 97.16.