Investing.com – Mexico stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Financial Services and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Mexico, the IPC fell 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the IPC were Grupo Carso, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:GCARSOA1), which rose 1.36% or 1.060 points to trade at 78.720 at the close. Meanwhile, Gentera SAB de CV (MX:GENTERA) added 1.03% or 0.340 points to end at 33.390 and Industrias Penoles Sab De CV (MX:PENOLES) was up 0.77% or 3.690 points to 480.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alpek, S.A.B. De C.V. (MX:ALPEKA), which fell 4.48% or 1.450 points to trade at 30.930 at the close. Genomma Lab Internacional SAB De CV (MX:LABB) declined 3.89% or 0.800 points to end at 19.790 and Telesites SAB de CV (MX:SITESL) was down 2.17% or 0.240 points to 10.840.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Mexico Stock Exchange by 90 to 80 and 5 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.69% or 9.15 to $1344.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 3.57% or 1.67 to hit $45.13 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 3.80% or 1.84 to trade at $46.63 a barrel.
USD/MXN was up 0.27% to 18.3925, while EUR/MXN rose 0.62% to 20.4046.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 96.33.