Mexico stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/BMV IPC down 0.36%

Mexico stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/BMV IPC down 0.36%

Sep 21, 2018

Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods&Services, Healthcare and Telecoms Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC lost 0.36%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB), which rose 5.17% or 2.710 points to trade at 55.150 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1) added 4.35% or 2.650 points to end at 63.500 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) was up 4.03% or 13.66 points to 352.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which fell 2.75% or 0.530 points to trade at 18.710 at the close. El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) declined 2.44% or 3.46 points to end at 138.43 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del CentroNorte (MX:OMAB) was down 2.04% or 2.700 points to 129.420.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 146 to 131 and 15 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.64% or 7.80 to $1203.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.74% or 0.52 to hit $70.84 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $78.76 a barrel.

USD/MXN was down 0.12% to 18.8090, while EUR/MXN fell 0.32% to 22.1055.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 93.78.

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