Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Materials, Industrials and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC declined 0.38% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IPC were Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB De CV (MX:GFREGIOO), which rose 2.58% or 2.61 points to trade at 103.63 at the close. Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste (MX:ASURB) added 1.70% or 5.49 points to end at 328.35 and Alsea , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALSEA) was up 1.42% or 0.810 points to 57.780 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GMEXICOB), which lost 2.14% or 1.270 points to trade at 58.190 in late trade. Alfa, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALFAA) declined 1.77% or 0.360 points to end at 19.940 and VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) shed 1.73% or 0.32 points to 18.21.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 125 to 104 and 5 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 4.60 to $1278.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.72% or 0.40 to hit $55.30 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $61.84 a barrel.
USD/MXN was down 0.02% to 19.2358, while EUR/MXN fell 0.16% to 22.6619.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.72.