Mexico's Stock Exchange strings together three consecutive setbacks and accumulates a weekly drop of 0.97%

Mexico City.- The Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) recorded its third consecutive intraday decline this Friday and accumulated a loss in the third week of September of -0.97%, which broke a streak of four consecutive weekly advances. This Friday alone, the Price and Quotations Index, the main indicator of the BMV, suffered a correction of -0.2% to stand at 61,200.27 units, after reaching a new historical high of 62,102.13 on Monday, September 15th.

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"In the weekly balance, the index fell -1%, which left the accumulated gains in September at 4.2% and in 2025 at 23.6%," explained Enrique Covarrubias, director of Economic Analysis at the financial group Actinver, to EFE. Covarrubias detailed that, of the 36 issuers that make up the IPC, 22 registered falls compared to the previous Friday. "The biggest drops corresponded to Peñoles, Quálitas and La Comer, while Controladora Alpek, FEMSA, Grupo Carso and Gentera led the advances," added the expert. During the day, the Mexican peso depreciated a slight 0.04% against the dollar, trading at 18.39 units per greenback, compared to 18.38 the previous day, according to data from the Bank of Mexico. However, in its weekly comparison, the Mexican peso appreciated 0.33% against the 18.45 of last Friday. The volume traded on the market reached 1.225 billion shares for an amount of 62.301 billion pesos (about 3.388 billion dollars). Of the 653 stocks that traded during the day, 360 ended with their prices up, 271 had losses, and 22 closed unchanged. The titles with the highest upward variation were from the distributor of chemical products Alpek, in its series Controladora Alpek (CTALPEK A), with 10.63%; from the Corporación Mexicana de Restaurantes (CMR B), with 8.39%, and from the construction and infrastructure firm Sitios Latinoamérica (LASITE), with 8.21%. In contrast, the largest downward variations were from the construction and infrastructure firm Operadora de Sites Mexicanos (SITES1 A-1), with –7.37%; from the supermarket chain LaComer (LACOMER UBC), with –4.84%, and from the company Value Grupo Financiero (VALUEGF O), with –4.11%.