EMERGING MARKETS-Mexican equities fall during otherwise quiet day

SAO PAULO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Mexican stocks led losses across Latin America on Friday as poor economic growth figures there pushed the benchmark IPC index down almost 1 percent during an otherwise quiet day in the region. Early on Friday, Mexico's national statistics agency said gross domestic product in Latin America's second biggest economy expanded 0.8 percent in the fourth quarter from the previous three-month period, below expectations. The industrial sector in particular post