Investing.com – Mexico equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Healthcare and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC added 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Gruma SAB de CV (MX:GRUMAB), which rose 1.89% or 4.18 points to trade at 225.92 at the close. Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX) added 1.43% or 0.710 points to end at 50.300 and Arca Continental , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:AC) was up 1.17% or 1.48 points to 128.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA), which lost 2.72% or 0.31 points to trade at 11.10 in late trade. GMexico Transportes SA de CV (MX:GMXT) declined 2.30% or 0.740 points to end at 31.420 and Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) shed 2.11% or 0.320 points to 14.840.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 158 to 130 and 9 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.68% or 9.10 to $1323.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.49% or 0.33 to hit $68.03 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.16 to trade at $74.02 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.08% to 18.8342, while EUR/MXN fell 0.44% to 22.9192.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 91.00.