Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Staples and Consumer Goods & Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC declined 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Bolsa Mexicana De Valores SAB De CV (MX:BOLSAA), which rose 7.18% or 1.890 points to trade at 28.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupo Elektra, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ELEKTRA) added 4.25% or 16.470 points to end at 404.180 and Mexichem, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:MEXCHEM) was up 3.54% or 1.510 points to 44.220 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB), which fell 4.38% or 0.770 points to trade at 16.830 at the close. Wal - Mart De Mexico, SAB De CV (MX:WALMEX) declined 3.31% or 1.290 points to end at 37.690 and Kimberly - Clark De Mexico A (MX:KIMBERA) was down 2.71% or 0.870 points to 31.260.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 73 to 63 and 3 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.39% or 16.70 to $1186.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.57% or 0.32 to hit $56.29 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.30% or 0.81 to trade at $62.88 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.05% to 15.4459, while EUR/MXN fell 0.04% to 16.5663.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 98.24.