Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services, Industrials and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC lost 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were America Movil L , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AMXL), which rose 3.18% or 0.450 points to trade at 14.620 at the close. Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) added 2.33% or 10.36 points to end at 455.46 and Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB) was up 1.22% or 3.19 points to 265.37 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1), which lost 3.90% or 3.510 points to trade at 86.600 in late trade. Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO) declined 3.63% or 4.10 points to end at 108.71 and Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico (MX:SANMEXB) shed 3.34% or 1.200 points to 34.680.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 190 to 81 and 7 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.27% or 3.37 to $1270.57 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.56% or 0.28 to hit $49.28 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.86% or 0.45 to trade at $52.12 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 1.66% to 19.1728, while EUR/MXN rose 1.45% to 20.9096.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 98.83.