Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Materials and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC declined 1.06%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Telesites SAB de CV (MX:SITESL), which rose 3.99% or 0.480 points to trade at 12.510 at the close. Meanwhile, PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) added 0.98% or 2.080 points to end at 214.380 and Grupo Financiero Banorte (MX:GFNORTEO) was up 0.89% or 0.860 points to 97.130 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupo Financiero Inbursa , SAB De CV (MX:GFINBURO), which fell 2.96% or 0.940 points to trade at 30.810 at the close. Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO) declined 2.74% or 0.330 points to end at 11.710 and Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) was down 2.50% or 1.020 points to 39.750.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 88 to 78 and 5 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.40% or 5.15 to $1277.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.16% or 1.60 to hit $48.96 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.89% or 1.50 to trade at $50.45 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 2.09% to 18.6311, while EUR/MXN rose 1.54% to 20.9719.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 94.59.