Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Telecoms Services and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC fell 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1), which rose 4.56% or 7.07 points to trade at 162.11 at the close. Meanwhile, Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) added 3.51% or 0.810 points to end at 23.900 and Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) was up 2.00% or 0.70 points to 35.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA), which fell 5.06% or 1.370 points to trade at 25.710 at the close. Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) declined 4.11% or 0.69 points to end at 16.10 and Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) was down 2.93% or 2.060 points to 68.210.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 131 to 87 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nemak SAB de CV (MX:NEMAKA) fell to all time lows; falling 4.11% or 0.69 to 16.10.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.79% or 9.91 to $1259.31 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.80% or 0.39 to hit $49.14 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.63 to trade at $51.60 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.76% to 17.7249, while EUR/MXN rose 0.25% to 20.6968.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 93.77.