Investing.com – Mexico equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Materials and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC lost 1.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/BMV IPC were Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA), which rose 2.11% or 0.300 points to trade at 14.510 at the close. Grupo LALA SA de CV (MX:LALAB) added 1.59% or 0.36 points to end at 23.00 and Becle SA (MX:CUERVO) was up 1.10% or 0.270 points to 24.740 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cemex SAB de CV (MX:CMXCPO), which lost 3.24% or 0.340 points to trade at 10.150 in late trade. El Puerto De Liverpool Sab De CV (MX:LIVEPOLC1) declined 2.43% or 3.05 points to end at 122.53 and Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX) shed 2.22% or 1.120 points to 49.250.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 153 to 148 and 14 ended unchanged on the Mexico Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.65% or 8.60 to $1310.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.60% or 0.32 to hit $53.98 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.03% or 0.64 to trade at $62.62 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.24% to 19.0748, while EUR/MXN fell 0.16% to 21.6803.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 96.137.