Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Industrials and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 1.38%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Televisa SA (MX:TLVACPO), which rose 2.13% or 2.040 points to trade at 97.690 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) added 1.34% or 3.630 points to end at 273.720 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) was up 1.07% or 0.220 points to 20.740 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which fell 5.36% or 27.720 points to trade at 489.750 at the close. Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX) declined 4.76% or 1.030 points to end at 20.620 and Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB) was down 3.78% or 2.440 points to 62.120.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 166 to 113 and 6 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.82% or 9.80 to $1188.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.86% or 0.98 to hit $53.73 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $56.09 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.01% to 21.2143, while EUR/MXN rose 0.01% to 22.6643.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.61% at 100.52.