Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services, Consumer Goods & Services and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC declined 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Grupo Televisa SAB Unit (MX:TLVACPO), which rose 2.40% or 1.74 points to trade at 74.11 at the close. Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) added 2.01% or 0.40 points to end at 20.30 and Mexichem , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM) was up 1.88% or 1.040 points to 56.480 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB de CV Class B (MX:BSMXB), which lost 3.59% or 0.960 points to trade at 25.820 in late trade. Grupo Elektra , S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) declined 1.99% or 10.64 points to end at 523.20 and VOLARIS A (MX:VOLARA) shed 1.64% or 0.17 points to 10.21.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 185 to 141 and 13 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.47% or 5.90 to $1254.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.59% or 1.83 to hit $72.36 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.50% or 1.14 to trade at $77.28 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 1.18% to 20.1887, while EUR/MXN rose 0.41% to 23.3377.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.68% at 95.00.