Mexico shares lower at close of trade; S&P/BMV IPC down 0.66%

Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Goods&Services and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC lost 0.66%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (BMV:LABB), which rose 3.72% or 0.91 points to trade at 25.37 at the close. Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (BMV:TLEVISACPO) added 3.12% or 0.28 points to end at 9.25 and GCC SAB de CV (BMV:GCC) was up 2.78% or 4.35 points to 160.58 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Banco Del Bajio SA Institution De Banca Multiple (BMV:BBAJIOO), which lost 4.16% or 1.85 points to trade at 42.58 in late trade. Wal Mart de Mexico SAB de CV (BMV:WALMEX) declined 3.88% or 2.39 points to end at 59.15 and Becle SA (BMV:CUERVO) shed 2.29% or 0.66 points to 28.13.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 123 to 97 and 7 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.71% or 19.40 to $2,748.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.53% or 0.37 to hit $70.00 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.07 to trade at $74.63 a barrel.

USD/MXN was up 0.09% to 19.81, while EUR/MXN unchanged 0.01% to 21.45.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 103.88.