Mexico stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/BMV IPC down 1.01%

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

At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC fell 1.01%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Gentera SAB de CV (BMV:GENTERA ), which rose 3.82% or 0.85 points to trade at 23.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Regional SAB de CV (BMV:RA ) added 3.08% or 3.82 points to end at 128.00 and Becle SA (BMV:CUERVO ) was up 2.95% or 0.89 points to 31.07 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion SAB de CV (BMV:VOLARA ), which fell 4.76% or 0.59 points to trade at 11.80 at the close. Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (BMV:TLEVISACPO ) declined 4.46% or 0.46 points to end at 9.85 and Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV:GCARSOA1 ) was down 3.78% or 4.66 points to 118.72.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 142 to 68 and 16 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.23% or 6.20 to $2,675.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 5.15% or 3.61 to hit $73.71 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.26 to trade at $77.87 a barrel.

USD/MXN was up 0.10% to 19.36, while EUR/MXN unchanged 0.01% to 21.36.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 101.71.

Source: Investing.com