Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Consumer Staples and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Ohl Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:OHLMEX), which rose 10.61% or 2.260 points to trade at 23.560 at the close. Meanwhile, Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) added 3.41% or 14.98 points to end at 454.26 and Bolsa Mexicana De Valores SAB De CV (MX:BOLSAA) was up 3.24% or 0.920 points to 29.340 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were America Movil L , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AMXL), which fell 2.53% or 0.320 points to trade at 12.310 at the close. Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) declined 2.33% or 6.21 points to end at 260.33 and Grupo Televisa SA (MX:TLVACPO) was down 1.65% or 1.67 points to 99.82.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 145 to 128 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.10% or 1.25 to $1204.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.79% or 0.88 to hit $48.40 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.71% or 0.89 to trade at $51.30 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 1.16% to 19.6061, while EUR/MXN fell 0.26% to 20.9282.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 101.38.