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Mexico shares lower at close of trade; S&P/BMV IPC down 0.34%

Published 2018-03-22, 06:29 p/m
Updated 2018-03-22, 06:35 p/m
Mexico shares lower at close of trade; S&P/BMV IPC down 0.34%

Mexico shares lower at close of trade; S&P/BMV IPC down 0.34%

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

At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC fell 0.34%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO), which rose 5.42% or 2.93 points to trade at 56.98 at the close. Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA) added 2.90% or 0.750 points to end at 26.590 and Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) was up 1.17% or 3.77 points to 326.56 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES), which lost 3.04% or 12.00 points to trade at 383.11 in late trade. Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA) declined 2.94% or 1.060 points to end at 34.980 and PINFRA SAB De CV (MX:PINFRA) shed 2.55% or 4.80 points to 183.26.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 219 to 71 and 13 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.10% or 1.30 to $1330.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $64.23 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $68.86 a barrel.

USD/MXN was up 0.06% to 18.6476, while EUR/MXN rose 0.13% to 22.9667.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 89.47.

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