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 1.36%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Fomento Economico Mexicano UBD (BMV: FEMSAUBD ), which rose 5.92% or 10.77 points to trade at 192.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Gentera SAB de CV (BMV: GENTERA ) added 4.63% or 1.35 points to end at 30.49 and Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV (BMV: KOFUBL ) was up 2.20% or 3.90 points to 181.04 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Becle SA (BMV: CUERVO ), which fell 6.59% or 1.30 points to trade at 18.43 at the close. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (BMV: PEOLES ) declined 5.62% or 17.89 points to end at 300.16 and Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. De C.V. (BMV: BIMBOA ) was down 5.18% or 2.98 points to 54.51.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 136 to 90 and 15 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.48% or 43.29 to $2,887.31 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 2.17% or 1.49 to hit $70.11 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.75% or 1.26 to trade at $73.33 a barrel.

USD/MXN was up 0.40% to 20.49, while EUR/MXN fell 0.38% to 21.31.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.84% at 107.22.