Mexico shares lower at close of trade; S&P/BMV IPC down 0.24%

Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Mexico, the declined 0.24% to hit a new 3-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the were Gentera SAB de CV (MX:), which rose 3.55% or 0.630 points to trade at 18.380 at the close. Megacable Holdings, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:) added 2.23% or 2.110 points to end at 96.650 and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB de CV Class B (MX:) was up 1.70% or 0.480 points to 28.710 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:), which lost 3.32% or 1.280 points to trade at 37.330 in late trade. Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:) declined 2.75% or 22.07 points to end at 780.08 and Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:) shed 2.19% or 0.330 points to 14.730.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 140 to 120 and 7 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.51% or 6.20 to $1221.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.77% or 0.55 to hit $71.52 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.28 to trade at $80.54 a barrel.

USD/MXN was down 0.61% to 18.8629, while EUR/MXN fell 0.87% to 21.8105.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 94.93.